Linger synonyms
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To keep up in a race or contest:
To remain or stay in expectation of; await:
delay (related)
hinder (related)
To stay for a time, esp. longer than originally intended; remain temporarily
To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll.
To fail to keep up a pace; straggle:
To follow behind:
To be reluctant; not be sure that one should
To trudge along or over.
To walk, esp. wearily or laboriously
(Colloquial) To walk (a distance or journey) wearily or with effort; to walk about or over (a place).
To appear about to collapse:
(Sports) To arrange (the start of a race) with the starting point in the outside lanes progressively closer to the finish line so as to neutralize the advantage of competing in the shorter inside lanes.
To take more time than necessary:
To move with a rumbling noise.
To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
To droop or hang carelessly, as a hat.
To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
(Intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
fritter away time
To go reluctantly
To procrastinate.
Alternative spelling of dilly-dally.
To waste; squander
To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground; creep:
To hang or droop laxly:
(Archaic) To sway from one side to the other.
take-one-s-time
(Intransitive, idiomatic) To take more time to do something than is considered acceptable.
To busy oneself or proceed in a trifling, ineffective, or aimless way; dawdle
To walk lamely or awkwardly; limp
be dilatory
To go reluctantly
be tardy
To go reluctantly
be long
To go reluctantly
sit-around
To sit down and not do anything important.
To go slowly
To be left as still to be dealt with:
be moribund
To go slowly
hasten (antonym)
hurry (antonym)
speed (antonym)
loiter (related)
To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
To be prolonged tediously; move or pass too slowly
To speak or write at length; expatiate:
(Intransitive, often with about or around) To occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.
To move in a leisurely, relaxed way; saunter:
To stick out; protrude
To continue to live after or in spite of
stop (antonym)
halt (antonym)
end (antonym)
leave (antonym)
rush (antonym)
go (antonym)
To dwell, remain, reside, or stay.
(Archaic) To endure or tolerate
To cease or suspend the action of temporarily; stop for an interim:
To consider or occupy oneself with something in a careless or unserious fashion; toy.
Alternative spelling of dilly-dally.
drag one's feet (or heels)
continue (related)
fast (related)
To move or act in a lazy, relaxed way; loll:
(Chiefly Brit., Informal) To act or talk foolishly
(Intransitive) To be in a casual non-committal relationship
To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
(Intransitive, usually of a group of people) To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.
(Intransitive, usually of a group of people) To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.
To cause to hover:
To move uncertainly or unsteadily; totter; stumble
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