Antonyms for loiter
ˈlɔɪ tərloi·ter

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1. 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?"

   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, loll, mill about, bum, mill, hang around, lollygag, skulk, lallygag, footle, tarry, ambuscade, linger, lie in wait, scupper, ambush, lounge about, dawdle, waste one's time

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1. loiterverb

   Synonyms:
   saunter, linger

How to use loiter in a sentence?

1. Peter Layton:

   A satellite ca n’t loiter and so many are needed to criss-cross an area of interest to maintain surveillance.

2. Peter Layton:

   Space-based systems are just as good but they are more predictable in their orbital dynamics, an advantage of balloons is that they can be steered using onboard computers to take advantage of winds and they can go up and down to a limited degree. This means they can loiter to a limited extent.

3. Winslow Wheeler:

   [The F-16 is] too fast, too delicate and it can’t loiter around enough to provide support.

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