Hovering Synonyms and Antonyms

Floating
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. gliding
  2. swaying
  3. airborne
Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fluttering
  2. wavering
  3. looming
  4. lingering
  5. flitting
  6. flittering
  7. floating
  8. hanging
  9. cowering
  10. brooding
  11. flickering
Antonyms:
  1. lying
  2. settling
  3. resting
To remain stationary over a place or object
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. poising
  2. hanging
Attending carefully
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. considerate
  2. attentive
  3. shielding
Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. oscillating
  2. vacillating
  3. vibrating

Words Related to Hovering

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Hovering Sentence Examples

  • She glanced toward the lingering attackers hovering like vultures.

  • She trailed instead, eyes on the much smaller craft hovering near the tree.

  • Jump off the platform, hovering as close to the wall as possible.

  • In the northern United States, in May, " legions of these delicate minute flies fill the air at twilight, hovering over wheat-fields and shrubbery.

  • Most of the lodgers were about their daily activities, with Fred off to the post office, Maria doing her duties with her usual exuberance, and the Deans hovering close by.

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