Synonyms for loiter
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Verb
1. Linger — to stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly
linger, hang around, saunter, loaf, hang informal, lurk, idle, hang about informal, bum around informal, fool around, laze, stop, mill around, mess around, horse around, diddle, piddle, lounge, waste time, delay, bum, lag
Other
dilly-dally, dolly, doddle, drumble dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly.
For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.
Related words
- Word family
- loiterer
Forms
- Past participle
- loitered
e.g. loitered → lingered, sauntered, loafed, hanged…
Example sentences
- linger Impressions linger long after the moment.
- lurk In the depths of the human soul, dark feelings lurk.
By length
- 3 letters
- bum1, lag1
- 4 letters
- stop1, hang1, idle2, loaf1, lurk1, laze
- 5 letters
- delay2, dolly2
- 6 letters
- lounge1, linger2, diddle2, doddle, piddle2
- 7 letters
- saunter2, drumble
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle2 = 2 syllables).