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Synonyms for hover
ˈhʌv ər, ˈhɒv-hov·er
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Princeton's WordNet
hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillateverb
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
"He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
Synonyms:
waver, loom, levitate, fluctuate, bulk large, linger, resonate, brood, thrill, vibrate, tickle, oscillate, vacillatehover, lingerverb
move to and fro
"The shy student lingered in the corner"
Synonyms:
loaf, mess about, mill around, levitate, loiter, lallygag, linger, footle, bulk large, dawdle, oscillate, hang around, lollygag, mill about, tarry, vacillate, loom, vibrate, brood, lounge, lurkhoververb
hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
Synonyms:
loom, levitate, bulk large, linger, brood, vibrate, oscillate, vacillatelevitate, hoververb
be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
"The guru claimed that he could levitate"
Synonyms:
loom, levitate, bulk large, linger, brood, vibrate, oscillate, vacillatebrood, hover, loom, bulk largeverb
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
"The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"
Synonyms:
levitate, stew, predominate, loom, linger, bulk large, oscillate, sulk, dwell, pout, hatch, cover, hulk, vacillate, grizzle, incubate, vibrate, tower, brood
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hoververb
Synonyms:
flutterhoververb
Synonyms:
hang about, hang over
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "hover":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#846 | cover | |
#2806 | fly | |
#3599 | tower | |
#3992 | flying | |
#4247 | lounge | |
#10813 | stationary | |
#11770 | hatch | |
#14709 | thrill | |
#16989 | hulk | |
#17449 | dwell | |
#19223 | stew | |
#20026 | loaf | |
#20365 | hover | |
#22160 | tickle | |
#22176 | loom | |
#25681 | brood | |
#32577 | linger | |
#35564 | fluctuate | |
#42845 | resonate | |
#44745 | vibrate | |
#49672 | lurk | |
#53560 | pout | |
#56587 | predominate | |
#59875 | tarry | |
#60545 | incubate | |
#64040 | waver | |
#65460 | hovers | |
#76976 | oscillate | |
#105549 | levitate | |
#106217 | sulk | |
#132501 | loiter | |
#138465 | grizzle | |
#218314 | dawdle | |
#241885 | vacillate |
How to use hover in a sentence?
It is difficult for a helicopter to hover for long in that area.
With Riyadh showing little inclination to abandon its policy to defend volume rather than price and Iraq striving to at least sustain its record rates, overall OPEC supply looks set to hover around 31.5 million bpd during the coming months.
Were all thy fond endeavours vain To chase away the sufferer?s smart, Still hover near, lest absence pain
His lonely heart.
I post these pictures because I hear from women my age all the time that say, ‘Thank you for changing the way people think about the numbers,’ back in the day, numbers represented something. I remember people thinking that after 30, you should never wear your hair past your shoulders or your hemline needed to hover your knee caps.
The brutal nature of the cold temperatures in towns like Casper, Wyoming, are one for the books, the forecast low in Casper on Monday morning is expected to hover around -1 ° F. Of the nearly 2,500 October days on record in Casper -- records date back to 1939 -- only four mornings have ever been this cold. Incredibly, all four sub-zero October temperatures took place in the final days of October 2019.
Translations for hover
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- يحومArabic
- vznášet seCzech
- hoverDanish
- verweilen, schweben, platzieren, zögernGerman
- φτερουγίGreek
- ŝvebiEsperanto
- hesitar, flotar, revolotear, dudar, vacilar, levitar, colocar el cursor sobre un enlaceSpanish
- شناورPersian
- epäröidä, kursori, kohdistaa, norkoilla, häilyä, olla kahden vaiheilla, leijailla, leijuaFinnish
- faire du sur-place, placer le curseur au-dessus d'un hyperlien, hésiter, planer, flotterFrench
- flotar, dubidarGalician
- मंडरानाHindi
- lebegHungarian
- melayang-layangIndonesian
- flugetarIdo
- passare il cursore sopra, attardarsi, essere sospeso, volteggiare, essere indeciso, esitare, essere in bilico, ronzare intorno, indugiare, pencolare, aggirarsi, gironzolare, librarsiItalian
- לְרַחֵףHebrew
- ホバーJapanese
- 호버Korean
- hoverLatin
- topakiMāori
- zwevenDutch
- oversveve, hoverNorwegian
- wahać sięPolish
- flutuar, voltear, pairar, hesitarPortuguese
- pluti, oscila, plasa cursorul peste link, planareRomanian
- слоняться, реять, порхать, парить, зависать, вертеться, колебаться, болтаться, витать, мешкать, нависатьRussian
- лебдети, lebdetiSerbo-Croatian
- svävaSwedish
- மிதவைTamil
- โฉบThai
- duraksamakTurkish
- зависатиUkrainian
- ہورUrdu
- bay lượnVietnamese
- כאַווערYiddish
- 徘徊Chinese
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