Synonyms for Loiter:

• n.

  •
  • temporize,
  • hesitate,
  • wait around,
  • play for time,
  • hold off,
  • sit on.
  •
  • ease,
  • drift,
  • meander,
  • fast.
  •
  • goof,
  • diddle,
  • industrious,
  • idle.
  •footle (noun)
  • footle.
  •lallygag (noun)
  • lallygag.
  •linger (noun)
  • Shilly-shally,
  • hang back,
  • linger idly,
  • pass time in idleness,
  • stroll,
  • laze along.
  •loiter (noun)
  • mess about,
  • lurk,
  • mill around,
  • mill about.

• v.

  •amble (verb)
  • gandered,
  • hoofing it,
  • gandering,
  • hoofs it,
  • boogieing.
  •continue (verb)
  • keeps truckin',
  • keep truckin,
  • sticked at,
  • out-lives,
  • perdured,
  • carried forward,
  • forges ahead,
  • gotten with it,
  • keeping on truckin',
  • keeping the ball rolling,
  • keep truckin',
  • nevers cease,
  • got with it,
  • out last,
  • sticking to,
  • out lived,
  • re-sting,
  • keeps on,
  • moves ahead,
  • out living,
  • out-lived,
  • ex tend,
  • keeping truckin,
  • getting on with it,
  • ran on,
  • kept on truckin,
  • nevered cease,
  • keeps on truckin,
  • up-held,
  • out-last,
  • perdures,
  • forged ahead,
  • sticking at,
  • keeping on truckin,
  • up-holds,
  • kept the ball rolling,
  • pressed on,
  • gotten on with it,
  • gets with it,
  • staying on,
  • keeps ball rolling,
  • re main,
  • re-main,
  • nevering cease,
  • hanged in,
  • pro-mote,
  • up-holding,
  • re-mains,
  • out-live,
  • ex-tend,
  • pro moting,
  • re ached,
  • pro-motes,
  • forging ahead,
  • ex-tending,
  • persists in,
  • out-lasting,
  • out lasted,
  • kept on truckin',
  • getting with it,
  • re mains,
  • staid on,
  • moved ahead,
  • sticked to,
  • hangs in,
  • out lives,
  • pro-longs,
  • ex tended,
  • re-mained,
  • keep ball rolling,
  • pro-longed,
  • kept ball rolling,
  • ex tends,
  • ex tending,
  • presses on,
  • keeping on,
  • out live,
  • sticks at,
  • re-aching,
  • pro long,
  • re sting,
  • pro-longing,
  • out lasting,
  • kept on,
  • gets on with it,
  • made headway,
  • re-ached,
  • re aching,
  • keep on truckin,
  • pro-moting,
  • carries forward,
  • up holding,
  • keeping truckin',
  • ex-tended,
  • stuck at,
  • ex-tends,
  • keeps the ball rolling,
  • up holds,
  • out-lasts,
  • stayed on,
  • out lasts,
  • persisting in,
  • out-lasted,
  • makes headway,
  • got on with it,
  • up held,
  • kept truckin',
  • runs on,
  • re maining,
  • pro-long,
  • pushing on,
  • persisted in,
  • up-hold,
  • lives on,
  • keeps on truckin',
  • out-living,
  • up hold,
  • kept truckin,
  • gat with it,
  • keeping ball rolling,
  • pro longs,
  • pro longing,
  • living on,
  • gat on with it,
  • carrying forward,
  • keeps truckin,
  • re mained,
  • hung in.
  •dally (verb)
  • lollygagged,
  • fooled with,
  • fooling with,
  • fools with,
  • whiled away,
  • boondoggling,
  • whiles away,
  • played games with,
  • whiling away,
  • trifling with,
  • plays games with,
  • trifled with,
  • playing games with,
  • trifles with.
  •dawdle (verb)
  • sat on ones butt,
  • sate ones butt,
  • warming a chair,
  • diddle daddle,
  • sitting ones butt,
  • sate on ones butt,
  • diddle-daddles,
  • sits on ones butt,
  • sate one butt,
  • sat on one's butt,
  • sate butt,
  • warm chair,
  • gat no place fast,
  • got no place fast,
  • scrounges around,
  • sat ones butt,
  • warmed chair,
  • scrounging around,
  • warms a chair,
  • sits on one butt,
  • shleps along,
  • warmed a chair,
  • diddle-daddling,
  • sat butt,
  • sitting on one's butt,
  • sit on ones butt,
  • sitting on ones butt,
  • diddledaddling,
  • warming chair,
  • sits around,
  • bumming around,
  • diddle daddles,
  • shlepping along,
  • sits one's butt,
  • bummed around,
  • shlepped along,
  • sits ones butt,
  • sitting around,
  • sate around,
  • sit one's butt,
  • diddle-daddled,
  • diddledaddles,
  • sitting on butt,
  • sits on butt,
  • gotten no place fast,
  • getting no place fast,
  • gets no place fast,
  • bums around,
  • sit one butt,
  • sitting on one butt,
  • sits one butt,
  • lazied,
  • diddle daddling,
  • sit butt,
  • diddledaddle,
  • warms chair,
  • sate on one butt,
  • diddle daddled,
  • diddledaddled,
  • sate one's butt,
  • sat one's butt,
  • sate on one's butt,
  • sat on butt,
  • sits butt,
  • sat one butt,
  • sate on butt,
  • sits on one's butt,
  • sitting one's butt,
  • sit on butt,
  • sitting one butt,
  • sitting butt,
  • lazying,
  • sit on one butt,
  • sit ones butt,
  • scrounged around,
  • sat on one butt,
  • sat around.
  •delay (verb)
  • inter fere,
  • with-hold,
  • with holds,
  • gains time,
  • pre-vents,
  • dis courage,
  • bided time,
  • dis-courages,
  • pro-roguing,
  • pro-rogued,
  • de lays,
  • pro-rogues,
  • de-lays,
  • post-pone,
  • inter-fere,
  • re presses,
  • dis-courage,
  • re pressed,
  • pro tract,
  • de-tain,
  • pre-vented,
  • pre venting,
  • re pressing,
  • biding time,
  • inter feres,
  • post pones,
  • pre-vent,
  • post-pones,
  • pro rogue,
  • lays over,
  • intermits,
  • de-tains,
  • pre-venting,
  • pre vents,
  • laid over,
  • bides time,
  • pro-tracts,
  • pro tracts,
  • post pone,
  • re-strict,
  • with hold,
  • gained time,
  • de-laying,
  • pre vent,
  • with holding,
  • de tain,
  • pro-rogue,
  • re-presses,
  • holds over,
  • pro-tract,
  • inter-feres,
  • re press,
  • pro roguing,
  • dis courages,
  • re strict,
  • with-held,
  • de-lay,
  • de tains,
  • re-pressing,
  • de laying,
  • with held,
  • bode time,
  • pro rogued,
  • gaining time,
  • laying over,
  • de lay,
  • pro rogues,
  • with-holds.
  •dilly-dally (verb)
  • hem haw,
  • dilly dally,
  • moves slowly,
  • moved slowly.
  •drag (verb)
  • encountering difficulty,
  • limped along,
  • are delayed,
  • was quiescent,
  • is delayed,
  • am quiescent,
  • were delayed,
  • being delayed,
  • encountered difficulty,
  • limping along,
  • wert delayed,
  • are quiescent,
  • is quiescent,
  • being quiescent,
  • lags behind,
  • lagged behind,
  • slowing down,
  • trails behind,
  • slows down,
  • wast delayed,
  • limps along,
  • art quiescent,
  • wast quiescent,
  • trailed behind,
  • was delayed,
  • encounters difficulty,
  • trailing behind,
  • were quiescent,
  • am delayed,
  • art delayed,
  • wert quiescent.
  •goldbrick (verb)
  • lie down job,
  • shuffling off,
  • shuffled off,
  • lying down on job,
  • lied down job,
  • lay down on job,
  • lied down on job,
  • lies down on job,
  • gat around,
  • gotten around,
  • lying down job,
  • shuffles off,
  • sloughing off,
  • gets around,
  • lay down job,
  • lies down job,
  • sloughed off.
  •hang about/hang around/hang out (verb)
  • re side,
  • re-sorted,
  • re-side,
  • re-sorting,
  • spending time,
  • spent time,
  • re sorted,
  • re sort,
  • re-sort,
  • got along with,
  • re siding,
  • re sorts,
  • hath relations with,
  • had relations with,
  • hast relations with,
  • gat along with,
  • re-sided,
  • stands around,
  • spends time,
  • re sided,
  • has relations with,
  • re sorting,
  • re-sorts,
  • stood around,
  • re-sides,
  • re-siding,
  • hadst relations with,
  • standing around,
  • re sides,
  • gets along with,
  • having relations with,
  • gotten along with,
  • haddest relations with.
  •hang around (verb)
  • glommed,
  • gloms,
  • glomming.
  •hang around; stroll (verb)
  • hover,
  • flag,
  • fritter away,
  • halt,
  • slough,
  • dabble,
  • traipse,
  • linger,
  • wait,
  • slacken,
  • ramble,
  • shamble,
  • pause,
  • shuffle.
  •lag (verb)
  • dragged feet,
  • de-creasing,
  • dragged one feet,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • drag one feet,
  • de creasing,
  • drags one's feet,
  • de-creased,
  • drags one feet,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • wast behind,
  • de-crease,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • loses strength,
  • art behind,
  • de-creases,
  • dragging feet,
  • de creases,
  • lost strength,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • de creased,
  • de crease,
  • were behind,
  • losing strength,
  • are behind,
  • dragging one feet,
  • is behind,
  • was behind,
  • inching along,
  • drags feet,
  • am behind,
  • slowing up,
  • drags ones feet,
  • inches along,
  • drag ones feet,
  • wert behind,
  • slows up,
  • inched along.
  •loaf (verb)
  • not lift a fingered,
  • wert unoccupied,
  • are slothful,
  • was unoccupied,
  • took it easy,
  • lounged around,
  • are indolent,
  • are inactive,
  • not lift fingers,
  • whiling away hours,
  • art unoccupied,
  • was indolent,
  • not lift a fingering,
  • were slothful,
  • being slothful,
  • wert slothful,
  • not lift fingered,
  • passes time,
  • art indolent,
  • art slothful,
  • took easy,
  • wert indolent,
  • take easy,
  • wast slothful,
  • am slothful,
  • takes easy,
  • taking easy,
  • lounges around,
  • is inactive,
  • wast unoccupied,
  • were unoccupied,
  • whiles away hours,
  • re lax,
  • wast inactive,
  • is indolent,
  • were indolent,
  • was slothful,
  • am unoccupied,
  • wert inactive,
  • whiled away hours,
  • passed time,
  • re-lax,
  • being indolent,
  • were inactive,
  • art inactive,
  • not lift finger,
  • is slothful,
  • not lift fingering,
  • wast indolent,
  • lounging around,
  • not lift a fingers,
  • are unoccupied,
  • passing time,
  • is unoccupied,
  • was inactive.
  •loll (verb)
  • hung loose,
  • hangs loose,
  • hanged loose,
  • re-clines,
  • re cline,
  • re clines,
  • re-cline.
  •lounge (verb)
  • re posed,
  • re pose,
  • re-posed,
  • re-pose.
  •mess around (verb)
  • mucking around,
  • amuses oneself,
  • played the fool,
  • play fool,
  • playing fool,
  • amused oneself,
  • amusing oneself,
  • plays the fool,
  • playing the fool,
  • played fool,
  • mucks around,
  • mucked around,
  • plays fool.
  •mosey (verb)
  • taking a stroll,
  • strolls along,
  • walked slowly,
  • took a stroll,
  • walking slowly,
  • strolling along,
  • takes a stroll,
  • take stroll,
  • walks slowly,
  • took stroll,
  • taking stroll,
  • takes stroll,
  • strolled along.
  •poke (verb)
  • schlepping along,
  • schlepped along,
  • schlepps along.
  •procrastinate (verb)
  • hanged fire,
  • giving run around,
  • giving the run around,
  • playing a waiting game,
  • played for time,
  • played waiting game,
  • art dilatory,
  • being dilatory,
  • plays waiting game,
  • gives run around,
  • playing waiting game,
  • play waiting game,
  • wert dilatory,
  • is dilatory,
  • wast dilatory,
  • gave run around,
  • played a waiting game,
  • lets slide,
  • letting slide,
  • gives the run around,
  • shilly shally,
  • plays a waiting game,
  • were dilatory,
  • am dilatory,
  • gave the run around,
  • are dilatory,
  • was dilatory,
  • hung fire,
  • letted slide.
  •put off (verb)
  • re scheduled,
  • putting back,
  • re-schedule,
  • re schedules,
  • re scheduling,
  • re schedule,
  • re-schedules,
  • puts back,
  • re-scheduled,
  • re-scheduling.
  •putter (verb)
  • goofs around,
  • goofed around,
  • shuffles around,
  • shuffling around,
  • goofing around,
  • shuffled around.
  •retard (verb)
  • brought screeching halt,
  • re-duces,
  • re duces,
  • re duce,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • chokes off,
  • hanged up,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • hanging up,
  • re-duce,
  • retardating,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • closes off,
  • retardated.
  •slow (verb)
  • creep,
  • plod,
  • hinder,
  • trudge,
  • crawl.
  •stay (verb)
  • re spiting,
  • hold fort,
  • out stayed,
  • stays out,
  • sweated out,
  • holds fort,
  • out-stays,
  • sticking around,
  • sweating it out,
  • establishing oneself,
  • out-stay,
  • out-staying,
  • establishes oneself,
  • staid out,
  • out-stayed,
  • stuck around,
  • re spite,
  • out staying,
  • putting down roots,
  • re spited,
  • sticked around,
  • held the fort,
  • re-spites,
  • out stay,
  • re-spiting,
  • held fort,
  • sweats it out,
  • staying out,
  • established oneself,
  • sweats out,
  • stayed out,
  • holds the fort,
  • stayed put,
  • holding the fort,
  • sticks around,
  • holding fort,
  • sweated it out,
  • puts down roots,
  • staid put,
  • stays put,
  • re spites,
  • re-spited,
  • out stays.
  •straggle (verb)
  • is late,
  • are late,
  • art late,
  • being late,
  • wast late,
  • am late,
  • were late,
  • poked around,
  • wert late,
  • was late,
  • poking around,
  • stringed out,
  • pokes around,
  • strings out.
  •tarry (verb)
  • lost time,
  • holds phone,
  • loses time,
  • takes ones time,
  • takes one's time,
  • took one's time,
  • stopped over,
  • held the phone,
  • taking one time,
  • losing time,
  • holds the phone,
  • held phone,
  • took one time,
  • stops over,
  • stopt over,
  • takes time,
  • took time,
  • holding the phone,
  • take ones time,
  • take one time,
  • hold phone,
  • took ones time,
  • takes one time,
  • taking ones time,
  • taking time,
  • holding phone.
  •trail (verb)
  • brings the rear,
  • brings rear,
  • follows scent,
  • takes out after,
  • tags along,
  • hanged down,
  • bringing the rear,
  • bring up rear,
  • bring the rear,
  • poking along,
  • brought up rear,
  • dropped back,
  • followed a scent,
  • bedogged,
  • following scent,
  • nosing out,
  • brought rear,
  • tagged along,
  • nosed out,
  • falls behind,
  • dropt back,
  • fell behind,
  • followed scent,
  • be dogs,
  • spoored,
  • be-dog,
  • noses out,
  • brought the rear,
  • following a scent,
  • poked along,
  • follow scent,
  • tagging along,
  • be-dogs,
  • be-dogging,
  • be-dogged,
  • brings up the rear,
  • bedogs,
  • drops back,
  • hangs down,
  • bedogging,
  • taking out after,
  • be dogging,
  • be dog,
  • took out after,
  • be dogged,
  • brings up rear,
  • bring rear,
  • bringing rear,
  • hung down,
  • follows a scent,
  • pokes along,
  • dropping back.
  •trifle (verb)
  • indulging in,
  • mis using,
  • being insincere,
  • was insincere,
  • messed with,
  • art insincere,
  • wert insincere,
  • futzing around,
  • indulges in,
  • mis-used,
  • winks at,
  • fribbles,
  • messes with,
  • indulged in,
  • mis used,
  • messing with,
  • fribbled,
  • plays with,
  • monkeying with,
  • wast insincere,
  • mis-using,
  • futzes around,
  • were insincere,
  • monkeys with,
  • uses up,
  • is insincere,
  • playing with,
  • winking at,
  • are insincere,
  • futzed around,
  • monkeyed with.
  •waste time (verb)
  • take ones sweet time,
  • takes one's own sweet time,
  • passing the time,
  • takes one own sweet time,
  • frittering away time,
  • whiles away the time,
  • takes one sweet time,
  • taking ones sweet time,
  • taking own sweet time,
  • takes ones sweet time,
  • burning daylight,
  • burns daylight,
  • take one's sweet time,
  • took one own sweet time,
  • take own sweet time,
  • taking one sweet time,
  • takes ones own sweet time,
  • takes own sweet time,
  • passes the time,
  • took one's sweet time,
  • fiddling about,
  • fiddled about,
  • whiles away time,
  • taking sweet time,
  • taking one's sweet time,
  • takes sweet time,
  • takes one's sweet time,
  • whiled away time,
  • take ones own sweet time,
  • taking one own sweet time,
  • take sweet time,
  • took ones sweet time,
  • took sweet time,
  • took one's own sweet time,
  • taking one's own sweet time,
  • frittered away time,
  • whiled away the time,
  • took own sweet time,
  • took ones own sweet time,
  • burned daylight,
  • fiddles about,
  • fritters away time,
  • take one own sweet time,
  • whiling away time,
  • took one sweet time,
  • take one sweet time,
  • passed the time,
  • taking ones own sweet time,
  • whiling away the time,
  • burnt daylight.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • shirk.
  •continue
  • Perdure,
  • keep on truckin',
  • Lasted,
  • hanging in,
  • hang in,
  • get with it,
  • ridden,
  • go on,
  • carry forward,
  • run on,
  • persist in,
  • making headway,
  • stick at,
  • move ahead,
  • stick to,
  • keep on,
  • keep the ball rolling,
  • moving ahead,
  • pressing on,
  • forge ahead,
  • lived on,
  • press on,
  • Prolonging,
  • get on with it,
  • goes on,
  • never cease,
  • make headway,
  • stays on,
  • running on,
  • perduring,
  • sticks to,
  • keep at,
  • push on,
  • live on,
  • stay on,
  • stuck to.
  •dawdle
  • lie down on the job.
  •hang around
  • glom,
  • hang about.
  •mess around
  • Pottering,
  • Puddling,
  • Puddled,
  • muck around,
  • Pottered,
  • potters,
  • amuse oneself,
  • play the fool,
  • potter.
  •mosey
  • walk slowly,
  • stroll along,
  • take a stroll.
  •procrastinate
  • give the run around,
  • be dilatory,
  • let slide,
  • hanging fire,
  • hangs fire,
  • give run around,
  • playing for time,
  • shillyshally,
  • play a waiting game,
  • plays for time.
  •putter
  • Messed,
  • niggle,
  • shuffle around,
  • Messing.
  •slow
  • Reefing,
  • eased up,
  • easing off,
  • lose steam,
  • stunting,
  • reined in,
  • lose speed,
  • reins in,
  • Reefed,
  • keep waiting,
  • ease off,
  • rein in,
  • ease up,
  • winding down,
  • hit the brakes,
  • embog,
  • reduce speed,
  • backwater,
  • let down flaps,
  • backwaters,
  • Back-water,
  • wind down.
  •straggle
  • poke around,
  • string out,
  • strung out,
  • stringing out.
  •trifle
  • mess with,
  • indulge in,
  • be insincere,
  • use up,
  • led on,
  • monkey with,
  • Wantoning,
  • used up,
  • Wantoned,
  • Fribbling,
  • wink at,
  • leads on,
  • Trifled,
  • using up,
  • played with,
  • trifling,
  • futz around,
  • lead on.
  •Other relevant words:
  • lark about,
  • slug,
  • lollop,
  • bide the issue,
  • disjointed,
  • sofa,
  • waver,
  • stop,
  • lie around,
  • abide,
  • flirt,
  • kid around,
  • lie in wait,
  • frig around,
  • cursory,
  • monkey around,
  • putter around,
  • hang fire,
  • rambling,
  • loiterer,
  • lie about,
  • bide one's time,
  • doodle,
  • ambuscade,
  • tolerant,
  • prowl,
  • lobby,
  • perambulation,
  • fidget,
  • toddle,
  • soft,
  • delirious,
  • Haver,
  • range,
  • incoherent,
  • grovel,
  • loose,
  • get behind,
  • frivol,
  • bum about,
  • breezy,
  • be about,
  • muck,
  • persist,
  • moon,
  • hobble,
  • stray,
  • mull,
  • trotter,
  • carefree,
  • lie over,
  • desultory,
  • fiddle-faddle,
  • coquet,
  • moon around,
  • toy with,
  • drawl,
  • survive,
  • indulgent,
  • tender,
  • dither,
  • hang,
  • bide,
  • skive,
  • wait and see,
  • mill,
  • mope,
  • unaffected,
  • slack,
  • stick about,
  • drone,
  • stay up,
  • easygoing,
  • monkey,
  • remain,
  • skulk,
  • tinker,
  • amiable,
  • stagger,
  • mark time,
  • lounge about,
  • sit tight,
  • mince,
  • fiddle with,
  • Draggle,
  • Loitering,
  • Arse About,
  • falter,
  • linger on,
  • dawdling,
  • stonewall,
  • demur,
  • fiddle,
  • hold your horses,
  • vacillate,
  • bugger about,
  • fluctuate,
  • fool away,
  • hang on,
  • drop behind,
  • rove,
  • stall,
  • lumber,
  • toy,
  • play around,
  • roam,
  • discursive,
  • smatter,
  • ambush,
  • time,
  • easy going,
  • sneak,
  • Dilly,
  • at ease,
  • tranquil,
  • be obstructive,
  • droop,
  • hedge,
  • play,
  • wander,
  • waddle,
  • wander about,
  • dander,
  • spread,
  • sit up,
  • couch,
  • mooch,
  • twiddle,
  • equivocate,
  • hold everything,
  • proceed slowly,
  • endure,
  • limp,
  • slouch,
  • be late,
  • Droil,
  • hold on,
  • Fribble,
  • follow,
  • play with,
  • bushwhack,
  • persevere,
  • untidy,
  • goof around,
  • vegetate,
  • lazy,
  • await,
  • waylay,
  • horse around,
  • Wabble,
  • muck about,
  • fool around,
  • loll around,
  • stand over,
  • lax,
  • bum,
  • give the run-around,
  • prevaricate.

Antonyms for Loiter:

• v.

  • hang around; stroll
    forge, vamoose, run, push, forward, finish, go, hurry, advance, complete, leave, rush, DO, carry on, continue, hasten, go ahead.
  • Other antonyms:
    hustle, hotfoot, hump, scud, rip, scramble, bowl, breeze, tear, dart, speed, quicken, zip, outpace, whisk, catch up, race, outrun, overtake, dash, trot, stampede, whiz, accelerate, course, barrel, whirl, jog, outstrip.

Homophones for Loiter:

• letter, low water, litterer, lothario, la tour, loiterer, literary, letter e, looter, litter, latter, lathery, Lithia Water, letter w, liter, lottery, letter u, laudatory, lead tree, litre, lauder, laudator, luthier, leathery, lutra, letter a, luther, loader, lidar, leader, leather, letter h, letter r, lather, ladder, later, letter i, letter o, letterer, latria, loather, littre, lead ore, letter y.