Synonyms for hang around
- verb
- noun
Most common
All synonyms
Verb
1. Tarry
loiter, stop, hang informal, hang about informal, mess about, lounge, mill about, mill around, knock about informal, loaf, linger, lurk, tarry dated, footle rare, lollygag rare US
Other
hang round, pal around informal
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To stay, linger, or loiter.
If you hang around after the show, you can meet the cast.
- n. 1
A prospective or fringe member of the motorcycle gang Hells Angels.
Related words
- Other spellings
- hang-around hangaround
Example sentences
- lounge Tom came into the lounge, carrying a cup of coffee.
- loiter They don't work, they just loiter in the streets.
By length
- 4 letters
- stop1, hang1, loaf1, lurk1
- 5 letters
- dolly2, tarry2
- 6 letters
- lounge1, linger2, loiter2, doddle, footle
- 8 letters
- lollygag
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dolly2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- faire le poireau