Synonyms for lurk
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Hang around
hang around, linger, loiter, mill around, mess about, mill about, lounge, loaf, lollygag US, footle, tarry dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To remain concealed in order to ambush.
- v. 2
To remain unobserved.
- v. 3
To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
Forms
- Past participle
- lurked
e.g. lurked → lingered, loitered, lounged, loafed…
Example sentences
- linger Impressions linger long after the moment.
- loiter They don't work, they just loiter in the streets.
By length
- 4 letters
- hide1, loaf1
- 5 letters
- sneak1, tarry2, skulk1
- 6 letters
- lounge1, ambush2, linger2, loiter2, waylay2, footle
- 7 letters
- scupper2
- 8 letters
- lollygag
- 9 letters
- ambuscade, bushwhack2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tarry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- se cacher
- Español
- esconderse