Synonyms for Loitering:

• adj.

  •dilatory (adjective)
  • lax,
  • behindhand,
  • unhasty,
  • Moratory,
  • laggard,
  • Snail-like,
  • neglectful,
  • time-wasting.
  •late (adjective)
  • tardy.
  •slow (adjective)
  • slowpoke,
  • snaillike,
  • sluggish,
  • retarded,
  • Trudging,
  • leisurely,
  • lethargic,
  • slowest,
  • slow-moving,
  • crawling,
  • dragging,
  • creeping,
  • Delaying,
  • plodding,
  • tortoiselike,
  • gradual,
  • lingering,
  • phlegmatic,
  • poky.
  •slow-footed (adjective)
  • slow footed,
  • slowfooted.
  •slow-going (adjective)
  • slow going.
  •slow-paced (adjective)
  • slow paced,
  • slowpaced.
  •tardy (adjective)
  • be lated,
  • un punctual,
  • un-punctual,
  • most detained,
  • in bind,
  • over due,
  • be-lated,
  • over-due,
  • more unpunctual,
  • most born-again,
  • most unpunctual,
  • more detained.
  •trifling (adjective)
  • in considerable,
  • in consequential,
  • in-considerable,
  • in sipid,
  • in-consequential,
  • in-sipid,
  • un-important.
  •unoccupied (adjective)
  • more unengaged,
  • un occupied,
  • most unengaged,
  • un-employed,
  • dis engaged,
  • un employed,
  • dis-engaged,
  • un-engaged,
  • un engaged,
  • un-occupied.

• n.

  •dalliance (noun)
  • dillydallyings,
  • toyings,
  • loafings,
  • de laying,
  • dilly-dallyings,
  • frivolings,
  • dabblings,
  • procrastinatings,
  • putterings,
  • fritterings,
  • dilly dallyings,
  • idlings,
  • de-laying,
  • delayings,
  • triflings,
  • loiterings.
  •delay (noun)
  • de lay,
  • pro rogations,
  • de-lays,
  • coolingoff periods,
  • tieup,
  • sur cease,
  • retardments,
  • putting offs,
  • pro-rogations,
  • de lays,
  • sur-cease,
  • sur ceases,
  • dawdlings,
  • sur-ceases,
  • pro rogation,
  • dis-continuations,
  • tarryings,
  • dis-continuation,
  • re-mission,
  • dis continuations,
  • demurrals,
  • cunctations,
  • re-missions,
  • showstoppers,
  • cooling-off periods,
  • prorogations,
  • cooling off periods,
  • re missions,
  • cooling off period,
  • re mission,
  • hold ups,
  • coolingoff period,
  • dis continuation,
  • lingerings,
  • pro-rogation,
  • de-lay.
  •idleness (noun)
  • own sweet times,
  • otiosities,
  • goofoff times,
  • goof off time,
  • time one hand,
  • time on one's hand,
  • time ones hands,
  • time burn,
  • time on ones hands,
  • un-employments,
  • un employment,
  • timewastings,
  • goofoff time,
  • time one hands,
  • time kill,
  • time on hands,
  • un employments,
  • time on ones hand,
  • un-employment,
  • goof-off times,
  • time one's hand,
  • time wastings,
  • time on hand,
  • goof off times,
  • time hand,
  • vegetatings,
  • dronings,
  • potterings,
  • time on one hand,
  • lazings,
  • unemployments,
  • joblessnesses,
  • time-wastings,
  • time ones hand,
  • time hands,
  • time on one hands,
  • time one's hands.
  •inaction (noun)
  • inertness,
  • inoperativeness.
  •inoperativeness (noun)
  • in-operativenesses,
  • in operativeness,
  • in-operativeness,
  • in operativenesses.
  •slowness (noun)
  • sluggishness,
  • leisureliness,
  • slowness,
  • lethargy.

• v.

  •slowing (verb)
  • Retarding,
  • hindering,
  • slowing,
  • poking.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • footling,
  • bushwhacking,
  • extension,
  • goofing off,
  • lackadaisical,
  • slow-going,
  • deferment,
  • kidding around,
  • Procrastinatory,
  • saunter,
  • hindrance,
  • dilatoriness,
  • adjournment,
  • roving,
  • slow-footed,
  • interruption,
  • indolent,
  • lurching,
  • lounging,
  • Ambling,
  • delayed,
  • lagging,
  • loafing,
  • fostering,
  • hesitating,
  • halt,
  • straggling,
  • messing around,
  • Dolce Far Niente,
  • idle,
  • drawling,
  • truant,
  • shuffling,
  • coquetry,
  • lurking,
  • shilly-shallying,
  • playing around,
  • playing,
  • Sauntering,
  • Strolling,
  • lazy,
  • Prowling,
  • Nuzzling,
  • fooling around,
  • tarry,
  • fiddling,
  • lingerer,
  • lollygagging,
  • Ambushing,
  • Lazing,
  • arrest,
  • dillydallying,
  • slow-paced,
  • lounge about,
  • dawdle,
  • mooching,
  • Dabbling,
  • waste time,
  • foot-dragging,
  • monkeying around,
  • loiterer,
  • pause,
  • slack,
  • listless,
  • continuing,
  • lag,
  • Puttering,
  • deferral,
  • scuppering,
  • Dallying,
  • Loiteringly,
  • detention,
  • milling,
  • jerking off,
  • shiftless,
  • backward,
  • hesitation,
  • stay,
  • Hovering,
  • Tinkering,
  • toying,
  • ease,
  • slothful,
  • easy going,
  • Roaming,
  • dillydally,
  • loiter,
  • lolling,
  • monkeying,
  • Tarrying,
  • dilly-dallying,
  • dilatory,
  • be lost,
  • laziness,
  • going nowhere,
  • Procrastinating,
  • skulking,
  • smattering,
  • respite,
  • flirtation,
  • remiss,
  • piddling,
  • Fooling,
  • easygoing,
  • holdup,
  • postponement,
  • Gadding,
  • inactive,
  • wandering.

Paraphrases for Loitering:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Soliciting.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    vagrancy.

Homophones for Loitering:

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