Synonyms for linger
ˈlɪŋ gərlin·ger

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1. linger

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

   Antonyms:
   haste, speed, press, push

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1. lingerverb

   remain present although waning or gradually dying

   "Her perfume lingered on"

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

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

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?"

   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

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

3. tarry, lingerverb

   leave slowly and hesitantly

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

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

4. linger, dawdleverb

   take one's time; proceed slowly

   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

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

5. hover, lingerverb

   move to and fro

   "The shy student lingered in the corner"

   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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Hesitate
   • Leave
   • Move
   • Stay

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1. lingerverb

   Synonyms:
   loiter, delay, tarry, lag, saunter, be slow, wait long, remain long

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1. lingerverb

   Synonyms:
   loiter, saunter, tarry, lag

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1. List of paraphrases for "linger":

   persist

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1. Illinois The National Weather Service:

   The storm system will gradually pull away by Tuesday, but flooding and treacherous travel could (linger) into midweek.

2. Brian Schatz:

   Social media companies have stumbled onto a stubborn, devastating fact, the way to get kids to linger on the platforms and to maximize profit is to upset them — to make them outraged, to make them agitated, to make them scared, to make them vulnerable, to make them feel helpless, anxious [and] despondent.

3. Tim Quinlan:

   Signs of spring remain largely absent in the industrial sector. The challenges of the stronger dollar and drop in energy prices linger.

4. Mark Lowcock:

   From a financial standpoint, the cheapest strategy is to invest at this point... rather than let the outbreak linger and invest at a later point.

5. James Zhan:

   The effects of the pandemic on investment will linger, investors are likely to remain cautious in committing capital to new overseas productive assets.