Antonyms for linger
ˈlɪŋ gərlin·ger

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1. linger

   Antonyms:
   haste, speed, press, push

   Synonyms:
   tarry, loiter, saunter, lag, hesitate, wait

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1. • Hesitate
   • Leave
   • Move
   • Stay

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lingerverb

   remain present although waning or gradually dying

   "Her perfume lingered on"

   Antonyms:
   step on it, rush, hie, pelt along, belt along, bucket along, rush along, hasten, cannonball along, speed, race, hotfoot

   Synonyms:
   lurk, tarry, lallygag, footle, mess about, lollygag, loiter, lounge, mill about, hover, dawdle, loaf, mill around, hang around

2. loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill aroundverb

   be about

   "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

   Antonyms:
   rush along, hasten, hotfoot, bucket along, hie, step on it, rush, race, pelt along, cannonball along, speed, belt along

   Synonyms:
   loll around, loaf, bushwhack, bum about, hover, arse about, lounge around, mill around, frig around, arse around, mess about, lurk, bum around, lounge, waylay, loiter, loll, mill about, bum, mill, hang around, lollygag, skulk, lallygag, footle, tarry, ambuscade, lie in wait, scupper, ambush, lounge about, dawdle, waste one's time

3. tarry, lingerverb

   leave slowly and hesitantly

   Antonyms:
   rush along, rush, bucket along, belt along, speed, hie, race, step on it, hasten, hotfoot, cannonball along, pelt along

   Synonyms:
   lurk, tarry, lallygag, footle, mess about, lollygag, loiter, lounge, mill about, hover, dawdle, loaf, mill around, hang around

4. linger, dawdleverb

   take one's time; proceed slowly

   Antonyms:
   rush along, hie, bucket along, hotfoot, rush, hasten, cannonball along, belt along, race, pelt along, speed, step on it

   Synonyms:
   loaf, lag, hover, loiter, dally, footle, dawdle, mess about, hang around, fall behind, fall back, lollygag, mill about, tarry, lurk, lallygag, mill around, lounge

5. hover, lingerverb

   move to and fro

   "The shy student lingered in the corner"

   Antonyms:
   race, speed, step on it, hotfoot, pelt along, hie, rush along, cannonball along, belt along, bucket along, hasten, rush

   Synonyms:
   loaf, mess about, mill around, levitate, hover, loiter, lallygag, footle, bulk large, dawdle, oscillate, hang around, lollygag, mill about, tarry, vacillate, loom, vibrate, brood, lounge, lurk

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1. lingerverb

   Synonyms:
   loiter, saunter, tarry, lag

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wanderlust

   stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave.

   he lingered a he packed to go home.

   Submitted by anayazachery on September 25, 2020  

How to use linger in a sentence?

1. Constanze Stelzenmueller:

   She’s used to awkward meetings, she’s handled them quite well. You don’t linger over the personal.

2. Kathie Lee Gifford:

   Then I lay there and pray for sinners like you, Sheinelle, i pray. I strategize. I think. I linger.

3. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

   Because to allow this to linger, to put this off, to think that somehow this is going to go away is naive at best. i believe that sometimes friends will disagree -- or, I wouldn't say Russia's our friend, but I would say interested parties can disagree.

4. Charles-Damian Boulogne:

   To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth.

5. Chen Lifang:

   Huawei is very concerned about misunderstandings which continue to linger despite our best efforts in recent years, huawei is committed to being even more open and transparent for not only this year but the foreseeable future.

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