Definition for Lingering:

• Protracted; drawing out in time.

Synonyms for Lingering:

• adj.

  •chronic (adjective)
  • inveterate,
  • lasting,
  • abiding,
  • continuing,
  • persisting,
  • persistent,
  • deep-seated,
  • long-lived,
  • prolonged,
  • deep-rooted,
  • long-standing,
  • protracted,
  • enduring.
  •dilatory (adjective)
  • lax,
  • laggard.
  •long (adjective)
  • long-drawn-out,
  • protracted.
  •procrastinating (adjective)
  • dilatory.
  •slow (adjective)
  • creeping,
  • dawdling,
  • poky,
  • dragging,
  • lethargic,
  • Trudging,
  • Loitering,
  • plodding,
  • Delaying,
  • crawling,
  • slow,
  • gradual,
  • retarded,
  • phlegmatic,
  • leisurely,
  • sluggish,
  • slowpoke.

• n.

  •
  • interminable,
  • forever,
  • lengthy,
  • protracted,
  • continue,
  • long,
  • prolonged,
  • chronic,
  • everlasting,
  • long-drawn-out,
  • persistent.
  •act (noun)
  • tarriance.
  •lingering (noun)
  • unforgettable,
  • tarriance.
  •slowness (noun)
  • retardation,
  • leisureliness,
  • lethargy,
  • slowness,
  • sluggishness.

• v.

  •abiding (verb)
  • persisting,
  • continuing,
  • Tolerating,
  • remaining,
  • Undergoing,
  • bearing,
  • suffering,
  • Experiencing,
  • going on,
  • enduring,
  • putting up with,
  • persevering,
  • abiding,
  • lasting,
  • Tarrying.
  •procrastinating (verb)
  • vacillating,
  • Procrastinating,
  • Dallying,
  • dilly-dallying,
  • stalling,
  • Filibustering,
  • hesitating.
  •remaining (verb)
  • waiting,
  • Staying,
  • prevailing.
  •slowing (verb)
  • Retarding,
  • hindering,
  • poking,
  • slowing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lengthy,
  • Overlong,
  • protracted,
  • long-drawn-out,
  • interminable,
  • unremitting,
  • drawn-out.
  •
  • prolonged,
  • endless,
  • forever,
  • long.
  •
  • everlasting,
  • eternal.
  •
  • persistent.
  •inveterate
  • chronic.
  •left over
  • residual.
  •Other relevant words:
  • skulking,
  • tarriance,
  • drawling,
  • left over,
  • dragged out,
  • backward,
  • milling,
  • sluggishly,
  • dalliance,
  • obstacle,
  • echoic,
  • Reboant,
  • lug,
  • interception,
  • bluntly,
  • time lag,
  • lengthened,
  • lengthy,
  • long-lived,
  • dilatoriness,
  • trailing,
  • tardy,
  • abide,
  • dawdle,
  • growling,
  • drawn-out,
  • lie about,
  • hover,
  • niggling,
  • long-standing,
  • rumbling,
  • long-drawn-out,
  • falter,
  • lingeringly,
  • forever,
  • expanded,
  • stopping,
  • Holdback,
  • bide,
  • vibrating,
  • protraction,
  • hindrance,
  • dilatory,
  • everlasting,
  • goofing off,
  • endure,
  • stretched out,
  • hold,
  • Undamped,
  • belatedly,
  • Overlong,
  • lagging,
  • prolonged,
  • Lazing,
  • Looming,
  • Procrastinatory,
  • holdup,
  • tardily,
  • chronic,
  • levitating,
  • irresolutely,
  • linger,
  • Detaining,
  • lateness,
  • persist,
  • slack,
  • deliberate,
  • procrastination,
  • unremitting,
  • stop,
  • gradual,
  • tediously,
  • reverberating,
  • thundering,
  • inactive,
  • scuppering,
  • drag,
  • deep-rooted,
  • detention,
  • drag out,
  • temporize,
  • resounding,
  • repine,
  • booming,
  • Long-drawn,
  • lengthening,
  • laggard,
  • Sauntering,
  • boringly,
  • marathon,
  • deliberately,
  • sounding,
  • lazy,
  • slowly,
  • echoing,
  • inert,
  • tiresomely,
  • Ambushing,
  • hang,
  • long,
  • Hovering,
  • negligent,
  • moderate,
  • drearily,
  • persistent,
  • deferment,
  • hesitantly,
  • stoppage,
  • postpone,
  • Strolling,
  • protracted,
  • stay,
  • Prowling,
  • hesitatingly,
  • demurrage,
  • dully,
  • lolling,
  • lurking,
  • prolongation,
  • procrastinate,
  • muck about,
  • heavily,
  • remain,
  • intuitive,
  • Repercussive,
  • long-winded,
  • flatly,
  • regret,
  • dillydallying,
  • fluctuate,
  • drowsy,
  • persevere,
  • hang back,
  • lackadaisical,
  • inattentive,
  • interrupt,
  • dangling,
  • residual,
  • inveterate,
  • lollygagging,
  • stupidly,
  • adjourn,
  • Resting,
  • obstruction,
  • extended,
  • delay,
  • slowdown,
  • bewail,
  • lounging,
  • gut,
  • reside,
  • endless,
  • wasting time,
  • repent,
  • suspend,
  • continuation,
  • shilly-shallying,
  • moving,
  • vacillate,
  • barrier,
  • follow,
  • Dolce Far Niente,
  • footling,
  • waver,
  • shuffling,
  • continue,
  • Reverberatory,
  • worrying,
  • monotonously,
  • easy going,
  • eternal,
  • wait,
  • deep-seated,
  • Demurring,
  • extension,
  • dull,
  • indolent,
  • lag,
  • reverberant,
  • rebounding,
  • drag along,
  • bushwhacking,
  • lament,
  • idling,
  • defer,
  • draw up,
  • keep,
  • interminable,
  • lounge about,
  • long-lasting,
  • nagging,
  • postponement,
  • worrisome,
  • lag behind,
  • slackly,
  • dillydally,
  • lax,
  • rue,
  • brooding,
  • foot-dragging,
  • tamely,
  • hesitate,
  • trifling,
  • unforgettable,
  • remiss,
  • be lost,
  • insist,
  • easygoing,
  • deferral,
  • deplore,
  • Languishing,
  • reechoing,
  • sneaking,
  • loafing.

Antonyms for Lingering:

• adj.

  • chronic
    ephemeral, yielding, short-lived, superficial, ending, transient, indefinite, fleeting, temporary.

Homophones for Lingering:

• long-wearing, long-range.

Hyponym for Lingering:

• n.

  • act
    holdup, delay.