Thesaurus results for WAITER

waiter

noun

ˈwā-tər

as in waitress

a person who serves food or drink waiters at that elegant restaurant must go through an extended training program before being allowed to serve customers

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Recent Examples of waiter The rollerskating waiters and waitresses were all so fun. —

Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026 The overwhelming majority of Venezuelan immigrants are hard-working nannies, gardeners, waiters and professionals who make a significant contribution to the Florida economy. —

Andres Oppenheimer march 12, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026 The demand for the human touch is one reason there are still millions of waiters despite the potential to automate them with QR codes and ordering tablets. —

Adam Ozimek, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026 Nearby, waiters passed tuna-tartare cones as a pair of burlesque dancers wearing dog collars and fishnets performed acrobatics. —

James D. Walsh, Curbed, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waiter

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Kordia had come to the US first on a tourist visa and then transitioned to a student visa, studying English while working as a waitress and at a clothing store and helping care for her US citizen mother and brother, her attorneys said.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
The restaurant is so close to the detention facility that waitress Valerie Tellez frequently drives there to make food deliveries.

— Lexi Salazar, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026