diff --git a/seleniumbase/fixtures/base_case.py b/seleniumbase/fixtures/base_case.py
index bee2a9a6..7f46190e 100755
--- a/seleniumbase/fixtures/base_case.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/fixtures/base_case.py
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@ class BaseCase(unittest.TestCase):
         return page_actions.wait_for_element_visible(
             self.driver, selector, by, timeout)
 
+    def wait_for_element(self, selector, by=By.CSS_SELECTOR,
+                         timeout=settings.LARGE_TIMEOUT):
+        """ The shorter version of wait_for_element_visible() """
+        return self.wait_for_element_visible(selector, by=by, timeout=timeout)
+
     def wait_for_text_visible(self, text, selector, by=By.CSS_SELECTOR,
                               timeout=settings.LARGE_TIMEOUT):
         if selector.startswith('/') or selector.startswith('./'):
@@ -272,11 +277,21 @@ class BaseCase(unittest.TestCase):
         return page_actions.wait_for_text_visible(
             self.driver, text, selector, by, timeout)
 
+    def wait_for_text(self, text, selector, by=By.CSS_SELECTOR,
+                      timeout=settings.LARGE_TIMEOUT):
+        """ The shorter version of wait_for_text_visible() """
+        return self.wait_for_text_visible(
+            text, selector, by=by, timeout=timeout)
+
     def wait_for_link_text_visible(self, link_text,
                                    timeout=settings.LARGE_TIMEOUT):
         return self.wait_for_element_visible(
             link_text, by=By.LINK_TEXT, timeout=timeout)
 
+    def wait_for_link_text(self, link_text, timeout=settings.LARGE_TIMEOUT):
+        """ The shorter version of wait_for_link_text_visible() """
+        return self.wait_for_link_text_visible(link_text, timeout=timeout)
+
     def wait_for_element_absent(self, selector, by=By.CSS_SELECTOR,
                                 timeout=settings.LARGE_TIMEOUT):
         if selector.startswith('/') or selector.startswith('./'):