waitperson

noun

ˈwāt-ˌpər-sᵊn How to pronounce waitperson (audio)
Definition of waitpersonnext
as in waiter
a person who serves food or drink asked the waitperson what she would recommend on the menu

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for waitperson
  1. waiter
  2. waitress
Noun
  • Pourriat worked as a waiter while Grébaut attended the Ferrandi Paris culinary school, then working in various internships, per the outlet.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • Kelce notably appeared in Happy Gilmore 2 last year as a waiter.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2026
Definition of waiter
Noun
  • His true seasonal arc begins not with Bruce’s (Damon Daunno) death but rather in the Brick & Bacon, a New York City diner where a 20something waitress named Regina (Delainey Hayles) works shifts that don’t get her any closer to making ends meet.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Crawford won the 1945 Oscar as a waitress who rises to own a string of Los Angeles restaurants.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
Definition of waitress
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

wait on
waitperson
waitpersons
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Waitperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waitperson. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
hangman letters and game
Hangman Lightning Round Figure out which word fits in the blanks.
See All