Synonyms for Linger:

• n.

  •
  • hang on,
  • stand.
  •
  • pause.
  •
  • fast.
  •dawdle (noun)
  • dawdle.
  •footle (noun)
  • footle.
  •lallygag (noun)
  • lallygag.
  •linger (noun)
  • lurk,
  • lounge,
  • loaf,
  • mill about,
  • mill around,
  • mess about.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • action,
  • state,
  • activity.

• v.

  •associate (verb)
  • hang around.
  •be patient, wait (verb)
  • sit tight.
  •bide (verb)
  • hanged in,
  • re sided,
  • holding phone,
  • lying wait,
  • hung in,
  • re side,
  • held phone,
  • lies wait,
  • holds phone,
  • hold phone,
  • lie wait,
  • re-sides,
  • re-side,
  • holds the phone,
  • watches for,
  • sweats it,
  • re sides,
  • lies in wait,
  • hangs in,
  • lied in wait,
  • re-sided,
  • held the phone,
  • sweated it,
  • re siding,
  • holding the phone,
  • sweating it,
  • re-siding,
  • lied wait.
  •carry on, carry through (verb)
  • persist.
  •cause stop in action (verb)
  • delay.
  •cling (verb)
  • cleft to,
  • co hering,
  • wast true to,
  • freezing to,
  • cleaved to,
  • clove to,
  • cleaves to,
  • were true to,
  • sticked like glue,
  • co-here,
  • hugging,
  • stuck like glue,
  • co heres,
  • hold fast,
  • staid put,
  • be true to,
  • hanged onto,
  • stay put,
  • stick like glue,
  • staying put,
  • co here,
  • freeze to,
  • held fast,
  • is true to,
  • holds fast,
  • art true to,
  • stays put,
  • freezes to,
  • wert true to,
  • hangs onto,
  • sticks like glue,
  • are true to,
  • Lasted,
  • sticking like glue,
  • froze to,
  • stayed put,
  • co-heres,
  • am true to,
  • cleaving to,
  • hanging onto,
  • holding fast,
  • being true to,
  • cleave to,
  • was true to,
  • clave to,
  • hung onto,
  • hang onto,
  • co-hering.
  •continue (verb)
  • keeps on truckin,
  • perdures,
  • sticked to,
  • re-aching,
  • keep truckin',
  • moves ahead,
  • getting with it,
  • ex-tending,
  • gets with it,
  • out lived,
  • got on with it,
  • re ached,
  • persists in,
  • out-lives,
  • keep on truckin,
  • out living,
  • keeping on,
  • pushing on,
  • keeping truckin,
  • carried forward,
  • makes headway,
  • keeps on,
  • pro-moting,
  • ex-tended,
  • up-holds,
  • keeping on truckin',
  • up hold,
  • pro-longs,
  • pro longing,
  • up-held,
  • perdured,
  • made headway,
  • gotten with it,
  • out lasts,
  • pro moting,
  • up-holding,
  • presses on,
  • stayed on,
  • nevers cease,
  • out-living,
  • kept ball rolling,
  • out live,
  • forging ahead,
  • sticking to,
  • gotten on with it,
  • moved ahead,
  • out last,
  • keep truckin,
  • pro longs,
  • ex tends,
  • runs on,
  • re aching,
  • persisted in,
  • up held,
  • sticked at,
  • gat on with it,
  • nevered cease,
  • up holds,
  • staid on,
  • staying on,
  • keep ball rolling,
  • keeps truckin',
  • keeping on truckin,
  • kept truckin',
  • out-lasts,
  • pro long,
  • out-lasting,
  • pro-longed,
  • pro-long,
  • ex tended,
  • sticking at,
  • keeping the ball rolling,
  • got with it,
  • gat with it,
  • kept truckin,
  • ran on,
  • lives on,
  • keeps ball rolling,
  • forged ahead,
  • pressed on,
  • out-last,
  • nevering cease,
  • forges ahead,
  • persisting in,
  • kept on,
  • getting on with it,
  • keeping truckin',
  • out-lived,
  • ex-tend,
  • out lives,
  • ex tend,
  • stuck at,
  • re-ached,
  • out lasted,
  • keeps the ball rolling,
  • out-lasted,
  • ex tending,
  • keeping ball rolling,
  • out-live,
  • carrying forward,
  • keeps truckin,
  • kept the ball rolling,
  • sticks at,
  • kept on truckin',
  • up-hold,
  • pro-longing,
  • ex-tends,
  • keeps on truckin',
  • gets on with it,
  • carries forward,
  • kept on truckin,
  • living on,
  • pro-motes,
  • pro-mote,
  • up holding,
  • out lasting.
  •continue, endure (verb)
  • abide,
  • survive,
  • last.
  •dally (verb)
  • boondoggle,
  • lollygagging,
  • jerk off,
  • fools with,
  • lollygags,
  • lollygagged,
  • lollygag,
  • fooling with,
  • boondoggles,
  • Idled,
  • fool with,
  • trifled with,
  • playing games with,
  • boondoggled,
  • whiling away,
  • whiles away,
  • play games with,
  • fooled with,
  • idling,
  • trifle with,
  • plays games with,
  • while away,
  • trifling with,
  • played games with,
  • idles,
  • whiled away,
  • trifles with,
  • boondoggling.
  •dawdle (verb)
  • dillydally.
  •dawdle, delay (verb)
  • dally,
  • tarry.
  •delay (verb)
  • de lays,
  • pro tracts,
  • inter feres,
  • filibustered,
  • prorogue,
  • remand,
  • pro-roguing,
  • re-presses,
  • gaining time,
  • post-pones,
  • prorogues,
  • biding time,
  • bided time,
  • with-hold,
  • inter fere,
  • de tains,
  • laid over,
  • pro tract,
  • encumber,
  • re press,
  • pro-rogues,
  • post pones,
  • gains time,
  • re-pressing,
  • Remanded,
  • de laying,
  • keeps back,
  • bode time,
  • inter-feres,
  • Remanding,
  • de tain,
  • de-lays,
  • Intermitting,
  • bide time,
  • pre-vent,
  • bides time,
  • inter-fere,
  • slackens,
  • holds over,
  • de-tains,
  • with-holds,
  • re presses,
  • with hold,
  • de lay,
  • withholds,
  • dis courages,
  • post pone,
  • pro rogues,
  • post-pone,
  • laying over,
  • gained time,
  • pro rogue,
  • with holds,
  • remands,
  • with held,
  • de-lay,
  • re pressing,
  • Intermitted,
  • dis-courage,
  • Filibustering,
  • dis-courages,
  • pre venting,
  • protract,
  • pro roguing,
  • pro-tract,
  • re strict,
  • Prorogued,
  • Proroguing,
  • Shelving,
  • gain time,
  • pro-tracts,
  • re pressed,
  • pre-vented,
  • with-held,
  • intermits,
  • pro-rogue,
  • re-strict,
  • pre vents,
  • pro rogued,
  • with holding,
  • lay over,
  • de-tain,
  • dis courage,
  • pro-rogued,
  • de-laying,
  • withhold,
  • lays over,
  • pre-vents,
  • pre-venting,
  • encumbered,
  • pre vent.
  •delay, put off doing (verb)
  • procrastinate.
  •dilly-dally (verb)
  • move slowly,
  • hem haw,
  • dilly dally,
  • moving slowly,
  • moves slowly,
  • moved slowly.
  •drag (verb)
  • trailing behind,
  • art quiescent,
  • marks time,
  • lag behind,
  • art delayed,
  • lagging behind,
  • limps along,
  • limp along,
  • are quiescent,
  • is quiescent,
  • were delayed,
  • trailed behind,
  • wert quiescent,
  • limped along,
  • lags behind,
  • lagged behind,
  • encounter difficulty,
  • limping along,
  • wert delayed,
  • encounters difficulty,
  • slow down,
  • are delayed,
  • trail behind,
  • wast quiescent,
  • am delayed,
  • was quiescent,
  • trails behind,
  • am quiescent,
  • be quiescent,
  • being quiescent,
  • Inched,
  • was delayed,
  • Inching,
  • being delayed,
  • is delayed,
  • encountering difficulty,
  • slowing down,
  • slows down,
  • wast delayed,
  • were quiescent,
  • encountered difficulty,
  • be delayed,
  • slowed down.
  •drift (verb)
  • be carried along,
  • go-that-a-way,
  • sail,
  • go that a ways,
  • drawing near,
  • art carried along,
  • kicking around,
  • is carried along,
  • drew near,
  • dancing,
  • mucking,
  • were carried along,
  • go with tide,
  • am carried along,
  • goes with the tide,
  • go-that-a-waying,
  • go-that-a-ways,
  • went with the tide,
  • being carried along,
  • scudding,
  • was carried along,
  • goes with tide,
  • going with tide,
  • Danced,
  • mucked,
  • go that a wayed,
  • go with the tide,
  • went with tide,
  • go-that-a-wayed,
  • wert carried along,
  • draw near,
  • are carried along,
  • kicks around,
  • draws near,
  • wast carried along,
  • go that a waying,
  • go that a way,
  • flutter,
  • going with the tide,
  • kicked around.
  •endure (verb)
  • hast no end,
  • holding on,
  • wore well,
  • art timeless,
  • am left,
  • wert long lived,
  • rode out,
  • had no end,
  • nevered say die,
  • is left,
  • pre-vailed,
  • carried through,
  • art left,
  • are timeless,
  • nevering say die,
  • am timeless,
  • has no end,
  • are left,
  • nevers say die,
  • were long lived,
  • is long lived,
  • wears on,
  • wearing well,
  • pre vailing,
  • haddest no end,
  • art long lived,
  • pre vailed,
  • was long lived,
  • pre-vail,
  • rides out,
  • wearing on,
  • pre-vails,
  • is timeless,
  • wore on,
  • rid out,
  • carries through,
  • wast long lived,
  • wast left,
  • were left,
  • am long lived,
  • was timeless,
  • hath no end,
  • being left,
  • pre vails,
  • held on,
  • hadst no end,
  • were timeless,
  • riding out,
  • wert timeless,
  • wert left,
  • wast timeless,
  • being timeless,
  • being long lived,
  • pre vail.
  •hang, float over (verb)
  • hover.
  •hang about/hang around/hang out (verb)
  • hast relations with,
  • spend time,
  • hath relations with,
  • spending time,
  • standing around,
  • gets along with,
  • stands around,
  • re sorts,
  • gotten along with,
  • frequent,
  • stood around,
  • re-sort,
  • gat along with,
  • stand around,
  • re sorting,
  • had relations with,
  • got along with,
  • get along with,
  • getting along with,
  • having relations with,
  • spent time,
  • hang out,
  • hadst relations with,
  • spends time,
  • have relations with,
  • re-sorted,
  • has relations with,
  • haddest relations with,
  • re-sorts,
  • re sort,
  • re sorted,
  • re-sorting.
  •hang around (verb)
  • gloms,
  • glomming,
  • glommed.
  •hang around; stroll (verb)
  • loiter.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • de bating,
  • thought twice,
  • is irresolute,
  • shied away,
  • wast unwilling,
  • shies away,
  • was irresolute,
  • wast irresolute,
  • sate fence,
  • art unwilling,
  • were unwilling,
  • de bate,
  • de-bates,
  • de-bate,
  • am irresolute,
  • holds off,
  • sitting fence,
  • de bated,
  • sat fence,
  • sits fence,
  • sat on fence,
  • is reluctant,
  • wast reluctant,
  • are irresolute,
  • were irresolute,
  • wert reluctant,
  • shying away,
  • wert unwilling,
  • sit fence,
  • being irresolute,
  • art reluctant,
  • am unwilling,
  • am reluctant,
  • thinks twice,
  • is unwilling,
  • being unwilling,
  • de bates,
  • de-bated,
  • was reluctant,
  • are reluctant,
  • was unwilling,
  • sitting on fence,
  • sits on fence,
  • are unwilling,
  • being reluctant,
  • wert irresolute,
  • art irresolute,
  • blow hot cold,
  • were reluctant,
  • sate on fence,
  • de-bating.
  •hover (verb)
  • waiting nearby,
  • brooded over,
  • broods over,
  • wert suspended,
  • being suspended,
  • was suspended,
  • am suspended,
  • wast suspended,
  • waits nearby,
  • brooding over,
  • is suspended,
  • art suspended,
  • are suspended,
  • were suspended,
  • waited nearby.
  •idle away time (verb)
  • waste time.
  •lag (verb)
  • dragged feet,
  • drag one's feet,
  • inching along,
  • de creased,
  • loses strength,
  • Jellying,
  • inched along,
  • drag ones feet,
  • dragging feet,
  • was behind,
  • gotten no place fast,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • get no place fast,
  • slowing up,
  • Limped,
  • got no place fast,
  • de-creased,
  • tooled,
  • wast behind,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • being behind,
  • dragged one feet,
  • were behind,
  • drag feet,
  • lose strength,
  • inches along,
  • drags one's feet,
  • be behind,
  • lost strength,
  • drags ones feet,
  • are behind,
  • de creasing,
  • inch along,
  • drags feet,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • gets no place fast,
  • wert behind,
  • de-creasing,
  • de-creases,
  • losing strength,
  • drag one feet,
  • art behind,
  • tooling,
  • jellied,
  • slowed up,
  • de crease,
  • slow up,
  • is behind,
  • dragging one feet,
  • am behind,
  • de creases,
  • gat no place fast,
  • de-crease,
  • getting no place fast,
  • slows up,
  • drags one feet,
  • dragging ones feet.
  •loiter (verb)
  • pass time,
  • passing time,
  • passes time,
  • Loitered,
  • passed time.
  •mosey (verb)
  • taking a stroll,
  • walks slowly,
  • took it easy,
  • take stroll,
  • taking easy,
  • walking slowly,
  • strolls along,
  • took easy,
  • takes easy,
  • takes a stroll,
  • takes stroll,
  • take easy,
  • took a stroll,
  • walked slowly,
  • took stroll,
  • taking stroll,
  • strolling along,
  • strolled along.
  •move aimlessly (verb)
  • drift.
  •move slowly; delay (verb)
  • lag.
  •move very slowly (verb)
  • drag.
  •mull (verb)
  • racked one's brains,
  • rack one brains,
  • re views,
  • stewing over,
  • re-view,
  • sweats over,
  • de liberate,
  • de liberates,
  • hammered away at,
  • de liberating,
  • re viewed,
  • re view,
  • hammering away at,
  • racked brains,
  • racking ones brains,
  • racks ones brains,
  • sweated over,
  • re viewing,
  • re-viewed,
  • pores over,
  • de-liberated,
  • racking one's brains,
  • musing on,
  • woolgathered,
  • woolgathers,
  • racking one brains,
  • de-liberate,
  • de liberated,
  • re-views,
  • racks brains,
  • racks one's brains,
  • mused on,
  • de-liberates,
  • muses on,
  • thinks over,
  • racks one brains,
  • hammers away at,
  • racked one brains,
  • sweating over,
  • racking brains,
  • stewed over,
  • stews over,
  • racked ones brains,
  • pored over,
  • de-liberating,
  • rack ones brains.
  •pass (verb)
  • comes pass,
  • de parting,
  • trans pire,
  • fell out,
  • blows past,
  • coming pass,
  • came pass,
  • trans-pire,
  • running by,
  • de parts,
  • be fallen,
  • slips away,
  • de parted,
  • be fall,
  • re pairs,
  • be-fell,
  • flying by,
  • be falling,
  • re-pairs,
  • re-paired,
  • de part,
  • de-parting,
  • gliding by,
  • re pairing,
  • re pair,
  • be-falls,
  • re-pairing,
  • de-parts,
  • went past,
  • glides by,
  • slipped away,
  • be-falling,
  • be falls,
  • runs by,
  • flies by,
  • re-pair,
  • de-part,
  • be-fallen,
  • come pass,
  • glided by,
  • ran by,
  • blew past,
  • be fell,
  • slipt away,
  • blowing past,
  • re paired,
  • be-fall,
  • de-parted.
  •pause, rest (verb)
  • wait.
  •persist (verb)
  • goes way,
  • seeing through,
  • art stubborn,
  • leaves no stone unturned,
  • went all way,
  • leaved no stone unturned,
  • went limit,
  • went way,
  • stuck to guns,
  • go all way,
  • perseverate,
  • going the limit,
  • re curring,
  • sticked it out,
  • stick guns,
  • re-curring,
  • stick to guns,
  • saw through,
  • wast resolute,
  • goes all way,
  • sticks it out,
  • be resolute,
  • goes the way,
  • toughing out,
  • left no stone unturned,
  • were stubborn,
  • follow up,
  • am stubborn,
  • be stubborn,
  • toughs it out,
  • re-curred,
  • sticking guns,
  • Persisted,
  • going limit,
  • perseverated,
  • perseverating,
  • stuck it out,
  • wert stubborn,
  • goes limit,
  • sticks out,
  • wast stubborn,
  • sticking it out,
  • leave no stone unturned,
  • re peats,
  • tough out,
  • tough it out,
  • art resolute,
  • going way,
  • sticks to guns,
  • was stubborn,
  • followed up,
  • toughing it out,
  • toughed it out,
  • went the way,
  • sticked guns,
  • being stubborn,
  • goes all the way,
  • stuck guns,
  • sees through,
  • go the way,
  • sticked to guns,
  • goes the limit,
  • perseverates,
  • going the way,
  • stick it out,
  • are resolute,
  • go limit,
  • go all the way,
  • leaving no stone unturned,
  • were resolute,
  • re curred,
  • wert resolute,
  • go way,
  • see through,
  • going all the way,
  • is stubborn,
  • went all the way,
  • toughs out,
  • toughed out,
  • am resolute,
  • being resolute,
  • are stubborn,
  • is resolute,
  • re-peats,
  • go the limit,
  • re peat,
  • sticks guns,
  • sticking to guns,
  • was resolute,
  • going all way,
  • went the limit,
  • re-peat.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • filibuster,
  • vacillate,
  • stall,
  • dilly-dally,
  • hesitate.
  •put off (verb)
  • puts back,
  • rescheduling,
  • re schedules,
  • re schedule,
  • reschedule,
  • re-scheduling,
  • rescheduled,
  • re-scheduled,
  • re scheduled,
  • putting back,
  • put back,
  • re-schedules,
  • reschedules,
  • re scheduling,
  • put off,
  • re-schedule.
  •remain (verb)
  • prevail,
  • stay.
  •saunter (verb)
  • Sauntered,
  • sashaying,
  • Promenaded,
  • Promenading,
  • sashayed,
  • sashay,
  • mosey.
  •sit tight (verb)
  • bides one's time,
  • keep your shirt on,
  • cools it,
  • kept your shirt on,
  • stood by,
  • lay low,
  • lie low,
  • bide ones time,
  • cool it,
  • fill time,
  • bided one's time,
  • biding one's time,
  • bode one's time,
  • filled time,
  • stand by,
  • lying low,
  • bides ones time,
  • keeping your shirt on,
  • cooled it,
  • bided one time,
  • stands by,
  • keeping shirt on,
  • bode ones time,
  • fills time,
  • lies low,
  • filling time,
  • bides one time,
  • bide one's time,
  • keeps your shirt on,
  • cooling it,
  • kept shirt on,
  • bode one time,
  • biding one time,
  • lied low,
  • standing by,
  • bided ones time,
  • biding ones time,
  • keeps shirt on,
  • bide one time.
  •slow (verb)
  • hinder,
  • slow,
  • plod,
  • poke,
  • trudge,
  • creep,
  • crawl.
  •sojourn (verb)
  • vacationing,
  • vacationed.
  •stative (verb)
  • linger.
  •stay (verb)
  • out stays,
  • re spites,
  • outstaying,
  • putting down roots,
  • establishes oneself,
  • out staying,
  • establishing oneself,
  • stays out,
  • out-staying,
  • outstay,
  • stay out,
  • establish oneself,
  • re spited,
  • out stay,
  • re-spiting,
  • re-spited,
  • re-spites,
  • sweating out,
  • out-stay,
  • outstays,
  • sweated out,
  • staid out,
  • staying out,
  • outstayed,
  • established oneself,
  • put down roots,
  • re spite,
  • sweats it out,
  • re spiting,
  • sweats out,
  • Respited,
  • out stayed,
  • sweated it out,
  • out-stayed,
  • sweating it out,
  • puts down roots,
  • out-stays,
  • Respiting,
  • stayed out,
  • sweat it out.
  •stick (verb)
  • art bogged down,
  • was bogged down,
  • being bogged down,
  • wert bogged down,
  • stuck like barnacle,
  • stick together,
  • glued,
  • stuck together,
  • braze,
  • brazes,
  • sticking together,
  • became immobilized,
  • becomes embedded,
  • cling like ivy,
  • solder,
  • sticking like barnacle,
  • be bogged down,
  • wast bogged down,
  • becoming embedded,
  • sticks together,
  • sticks like barnacle,
  • clung like ivy,
  • becomes immobilized,
  • clings like ivy,
  • sticked together,
  • clinging like ivy,
  • are bogged down,
  • Gluing,
  • were bogged down,
  • becoming immobilized,
  • stick like barnacle,
  • become immobilized,
  • became embedded,
  • sticked like barnacle,
  • Brazed,
  • am bogged down,
  • become embedded,
  • is bogged down,
  • Brazing.
  •stroll (verb)
  • Strolled,
  • make one way,
  • made way,
  • making one way,
  • made one way,
  • making ones way,
  • made one's way,
  • make ones way,
  • makes ones way,
  • makes way,
  • making way,
  • makes one's way,
  • make one's way,
  • makes one way,
  • making one's way,
  • make way,
  • made ones way.
  •stroll along (verb)
  • saunter.
  •tarry (verb)
  • stops over,
  • takes one's time,
  • lost time,
  • losing time,
  • warms chair,
  • goofing around,
  • warming a chair,
  • goof around,
  • warm chair,
  • taking one time,
  • takes time,
  • take one time,
  • goofs around,
  • took one time,
  • took one's time,
  • loses time,
  • took time,
  • stopt over,
  • stop over,
  • take one's time,
  • take time,
  • takes ones time,
  • taking one's time,
  • warming chair,
  • stopping over,
  • warmed a chair,
  • taking ones time,
  • take ones time,
  • warm a chair,
  • goofed around,
  • taking time,
  • warms a chair,
  • stopped over,
  • lose time,
  • warmed chair,
  • took ones time,
  • takes one time.
  •think about seriously (verb)
  • mull.
  •trail (verb)
  • bring rear,
  • hang down,
  • dropping back,
  • be-dogs,
  • be-dog,
  • dropped back,
  • drop back,
  • bedogs,
  • takes out after,
  • tagged along,
  • poked along,
  • bedog,
  • hung down,
  • falling behind,
  • noses out,
  • be-dogged,
  • brings rear,
  • follows scent,
  • brings the rear,
  • bring up rear,
  • brought up the rear,
  • Trailed,
  • bedogged,
  • followed scent,
  • spooring,
  • be dogged,
  • nosed out,
  • spoored,
  • following a scent,
  • bringing up the rear,
  • follows a scent,
  • followed a scent,
  • poke along,
  • bringing up rear,
  • brought rear,
  • be-dogging,
  • shagged,
  • brought the rear,
  • follow scent,
  • hanged down,
  • be dogs,
  • following scent,
  • bedogging,
  • fall behind,
  • bring up the rear,
  • fell behind,
  • brings up the rear,
  • taking out after,
  • brought up rear,
  • tag along,
  • be dogging,
  • pokes along,
  • be dog,
  • bring the rear,
  • nose out,
  • tagging along,
  • dropt back,
  • shagging,
  • tags along,
  • poking along,
  • fall back,
  • hangs down,
  • hanging down,
  • shags,
  • falls behind,
  • drops back,
  • took out after,
  • follow a scent,
  • nosing out,
  • brings up rear,
  • bringing the rear,
  • bringing rear.
  •travel briefly; visit (verb)
  • sojourn.
  •wait (verb)
  • hold everything,
  • holding everything,
  • staid for,
  • holds everything,
  • look forward to,
  • fore saw,
  • hang onto your hat,
  • sat up for,
  • save it,
  • hanging onto your hat,
  • sitting for,
  • keep shirt on,
  • fore-saw,
  • sit for,
  • hung onto hat,
  • stays for,
  • fore sees,
  • hangs onto hat,
  • looked for,
  • sits up for,
  • hanging onto hat,
  • sate for,
  • staying up for,
  • staid up for,
  • held everything,
  • looks for,
  • look for,
  • looks forward to,
  • sits for,
  • looking for,
  • saves it,
  • hanged onto hat,
  • saved it,
  • sit up for,
  • hangs onto your hat,
  • stayed up for,
  • hung onto your hat,
  • saving it,
  • looked forward to,
  • fore-sees,
  • hole up,
  • fore seen,
  • stayed for,
  • hanged onto your hat,
  • sat for,
  • fore-see,
  • stays up for,
  • staying for,
  • stay up for,
  • looking forward to,
  • sitting up for,
  • stay for,
  • fore-seen,
  • sate up for,
  • fore seeing,
  • hang onto hat.
  •walk along lazily (verb)
  • stroll.
  •waste time (verb)
  • fritters away time,
  • passing the time,
  • fritter away time,
  • taking one sweet time,
  • burning daylight,
  • take one's own sweet time,
  • fiddles about,
  • took one's own sweet time,
  • taking one's sweet time,
  • while away time,
  • burns daylight,
  • whiles away time,
  • fiddled about,
  • passed the time,
  • goof off,
  • fiddle about,
  • whiling away the time,
  • take own sweet time,
  • passes the time,
  • took one own sweet time,
  • whiled away time,
  • whiling away time,
  • took ones own sweet time,
  • taking sweet time,
  • whiled away the time,
  • takes one's sweet time,
  • take sweet time,
  • took one sweet time,
  • Piddled,
  • piddle,
  • took sweet time,
  • took ones sweet time,
  • burnt daylight,
  • taking own sweet time,
  • takes ones sweet time,
  • frittering away time,
  • took own sweet time,
  • taking one own sweet time,
  • burn daylight,
  • take one own sweet time,
  • taking one's own sweet time,
  • takes one sweet time,
  • taking ones sweet time,
  • burned daylight,
  • fiddling about,
  • while away the time,
  • taking ones own sweet time,
  • goofing off,
  • takes one own sweet time,
  • whiles away the time,
  • takes own sweet time,
  • takes one's own sweet time,
  • took one's sweet time,
  • take one's sweet time,
  • takes ones own sweet time,
  • take one sweet time,
  • take ones sweet time,
  • takes sweet time,
  • pass the time,
  • piddles,
  • take ones own sweet time,
  • frittered away time.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • stick around,
  • wait out,
  • sit through,
  • grind on,
  • stay on,
  • stay around,
  • drag on,
  • stay behind,
  • stop on,
  • bide,
  • stay in.
  •
  • sit out,
  • run on,
  • trail.
  •
  • spend.
  •
  • stick.
  •
  • keep back,
  • see out.
  •
  • kick around,
  • run over.
  •
  • stalk.
  •
  • come down.
  •
  • stir.
  •
  • keep.
  •abide
  • Paused.
  •attach to
  • cling.
  •bide
  • watch for,
  • lay in wait,
  • watched for,
  • sweat it,
  • hanging in,
  • lie in wait,
  • hang in,
  • lay wait,
  • Residing,
  • watching for,
  • lying in wait,
  • hold the phone.
  •continue
  • carry forward,
  • stuck to,
  • stays on,
  • ridden,
  • lived on,
  • Prolonging,
  • never cease,
  • goes on,
  • get with it,
  • running on,
  • keep on truckin',
  • push on,
  • keep on,
  • keep the ball rolling,
  • sticks to,
  • persist in,
  • go on,
  • perduring,
  • forge ahead,
  • stick at,
  • move ahead,
  • get on with it,
  • Perdure,
  • keep at,
  • moving ahead,
  • make headway,
  • press on,
  • making headway,
  • pressing on,
  • stick to,
  • live on.
  •endure
  • enduring,
  • be long lived,
  • be left,
  • was left,
  • ride out,
  • wears well,
  • wear on,
  • be timeless,
  • holds on,
  • never say die,
  • having no end,
  • have no end,
  • hold on,
  • carrying through,
  • wear well,
  • carry through,
  • Endured.
  •hang around
  • glom.
  •hesitate
  • thought about,
  • pulls back,
  • Hesitated,
  • thinking twice,
  • shy away,
  • hold off,
  • thinking about,
  • pull back,
  • think about,
  • thinks about,
  • stutter,
  • be irresolute,
  • scruple,
  • Stammered,
  • Floundered,
  • dithered,
  • sit on fence,
  • dithering,
  • pulled back,
  • be unwilling,
  • pulling back,
  • pussyfoot,
  • think twice,
  • be reluctant.
  •hover
  • brood over,
  • wait nearby,
  • be suspended.
  •mosey
  • takes it easy,
  • stroll along,
  • take it easy,
  • walk slowly,
  • take a stroll,
  • taking it easy.
  •mull
  • rack brains,
  • hammer away at,
  • thinking over,
  • stew over,
  • sweat over,
  • rack one's brains,
  • revolve,
  • think over,
  • poring over,
  • woolgather,
  • muse on,
  • pore over,
  • thought over,
  • woolgathering.
  •pass
  • fly by,
  • come to pass,
  • taking place,
  • take place,
  • slip away,
  • run by,
  • Passed,
  • slipping away,
  • running out,
  • takes place,
  • going past,
  • goes past,
  • blow past,
  • comes to pass,
  • go past,
  • passing away,
  • came to pass,
  • took place,
  • coming to pass,
  • flew by,
  • glide by.
  •procrastinate
  • give run around,
  • hangs fire,
  • playing for time,
  • play a waiting game,
  • give the run around,
  • hang fire,
  • shillyshally,
  • let slide,
  • be dilatory,
  • plays for time,
  • play for time,
  • hanging fire.
  •remain
  • Roosting,
  • remain standing,
  • make camp,
  • staying over,
  • stay over,
  • putting on hold,
  • bivouacking,
  • nesting,
  • Bunking,
  • Bunked,
  • Roosted,
  • Bivouacked,
  • nested,
  • put on hold,
  • hold the fort,
  • bivouacs,
  • bivouac,
  • sat out.

Paraphrases for Linger:

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    Persisted, Remained, Existed.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    includes, examines, looks, Focuses.
  • Verb, base form
    persist, remain, dwell, exist, continue, stay, focus.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    subsist, survive.

Antonyms for Linger:

• v.

  • continue, endure
    move, stop, reject, cease, refuse.
  • loiter, delay
    forge, finish, hurry, go, carry on, tiptoe, continue, run, halt, forward, advance, rush, go ahead, leave, complete, remain.
  • Other antonyms:
    accelerate, rip, course, pelt along, hustle, quicken, bowl, overtake, dash, catch up, jog, trot, stampede, hump, step on it, zip, scramble, outstrip, barrel, outpace, tear, breeze, whisk, scud, dart, whiz, whirl, outrun.

Homophones for Linger:

• line score, lunger, lawmaker, lion's-ear, longer, lancashire, lingerer, lancer, langur, lingerie, languor, lonicera, languisher, lawn chair, launcher, lounger, loungewear, lamasery, luncher, lounge chair, lounge car, language area, launch area, longueur.

Hyponym for Linger:

• v.

  • stative
    persist, stay, remain.