waiting room

noun

Synonyms of waiting roomnext
: a room (as in a doctor's office) for the use of persons (such as patients) who are waiting

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The smell of rubber and oil remains in the air, and the sound of workers changing tires combines with music from a DJ inside the shop’s waiting room. — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026 Bonds, who carries the BRCA gene, remembers going to a waiting room and being handed a beeper that would alert her when a doctor was ready. — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 The home clubhouse at 24 Willie Mays Plaza Monday night looked like the waiting room at Park City Hospital during ski season. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Somehow this abstract understanding exists alongside, or by means of, the objects in the waiting room—a paper cup from the water cooler, or a copy of People magazine. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waiting room

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First Known Use

1683, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of waiting room was in 1683

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waiting room

noun
: a room or area (as in a doctor's office) for the use of persons (as patients) waiting

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