HOVER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HOVER?

Need another word that means the same as “hover”? Find 25 synonyms and 30 related words for “hover” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Hover” are: linger, brood, bulk large, loom, oscillate, vacillate, vibrate, levitate, be suspended, be poised, hang, float, drift, fly, flutter, balance, hold steady, hold oneself steady, steady oneself, hang suspended, remain motionless, hang in mid-air, loiter, wait about, stay nearby

Hover as a Verb

Definitions of "Hover" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hover” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above.
• Move to and fro.
• Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
• Use a mouse or other device to position the cursor over a particular area of a computer screen so as to cause a program to respond (typically by displaying additional information or options), without clicking a button on the device.
• Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing.
• Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action.
• Remain at or near a particular level.
• Linger close at hand, especially in a hesitant or uncertain manner.
• Remain in one place in the air.
• Remain poised uncertainly in one place or between two states.

Synonyms of "Hover" as a verb (25 Words)

balance	Bring into balance or equilibrium. The law requires the council to balance its books each year.
be poised	Spend or use time.
be suspended	Happen, occur, take place.
brood	Be in a huff and display one’s displeasure. The male pheasant tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them.
bulk large	Cause to bulge or swell outwards.
drift	(of a person or their attention) digress or stray to another subject. My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school.
float	Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom. Float data.
flutter	(of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly. The seagulls fluttered overhead.
fly	Hit a fly. Man cannot fly.
hang	Be suspended or hanging. We ll be walking along just hanging chilling.
hang in mid-air	Let drop or droop.
hang suspended	Suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste.
hold oneself steady	Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices.
hold steady	Organize or be responsible for.
levitate	Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity. I swear to God he levitated over the bar.
linger	Be slow to disappear or die. The shy student lingered in the corner.
loiter	Be about. The weather had tempted them to loiter along the banks of the Cherwell.
loom	Weave on a loom. Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall.
oscillate	(of a circuit or device) cause the electric current or voltage running through it to vary in magnitude or position in a regular manner about a central point. The grain pan near the front of the combine oscillates back and forth.
remain motionless	Continue in a place, position, or situation.
stay nearby	Fasten with stays.
steady oneself	Make steady.
vacillate	Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern. The line on the monitor vacillated.
vibrate	Quiver with (a quality or emotion. The cabin started to vibrate.
wait about	Wait before acting.

Usage Examples of "Hover" as a verb

• She hovered anxiously in the background.
• Her hand hovered over the console.
• His expression hovered between cynicism and puzzlement.
• Inflation will hover around the 4 per cent mark.
• If you hover over the video, it will play a preview with sound.
• Army helicopters hovered overhead.
• You can hover your cursor over any button to see an explanation.

Associations of "Hover" (30 Words)

aeronaut	Someone who operates an aircraft.
airborne	Moved or conveyed by or through air. Airborne pollutants.
aircraft	An aeroplane, helicopter, or other machine capable of flight.
airman	A member of the US navy whose general duties are concerned with aircraft.
airplane	A powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and a weight greater than that of the air it displaces; an aeroplane. The flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane.
ascend	Come up, of celestial bodies. Inheritance may not ascend linearly.
aviator	A pair of aviator sunglasses. He has a short grey beard and wears a flannel shirt jeans and aviator glasses.
brink	A point at which something, typically something unwelcome, is about to happen; the verge. The country was on the brink of a constitutional crisis.
butterfly	Flutter like a butterfly. Butterfly the shrimp using a small sharp knife.
flap	Pronounce with a flap of alveolar sounds. Gulls flapped around uttering their strange cries.
fledged	(of an arrow) equipped with feathers. A newly fledged Detective Inspector.
float	A floating device on the surface of a liquid which forms part of a valve apparatus controlling flow in and out of the enclosing container e g in a water cistern or a carburettor. She relaxed floating gently in the water.
fly	Cause to fly or float. Balls kept flying over her hedge.
landing	An intermediate platform in a staircase. The landing of men on the moon.
levitate	Rise or cause to rise and hover in the air, typically by means of supposed magical powers. The guru claimed that he could levitate.
linger	Take one’s time; proceed slowly. She let her eyes linger on him suggestively.
moth	A clothes moth. I store my sweaters in plastic bags to protect them from moths.
overhead	An overhead compartment especially on an aircraft. The sun was directly overhead.
parachute	Drop from an aircraft by parachute. A parachute regiment.
pilot	Be the pilot of an aircraft or ship. Many expected him to get the job as Desert Orchid s pilot.
plane	Cut or remove with or as if with a plane. Plane the top of the door.
porthole	A window in a ship or airplane.
pterodactyl	(in general use) any pterosaur.
pterosaur	A fossil flying reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, with membranous wings supported by a greatly lengthened fourth finger.
round	Pronounce with rounded lips. She did the rounds of her family to say goodbye.
sortie	A short trip or journey. This latest book is the author s first sortie into non fiction.
verge	A ceremonial or emblematic staff. His behavior verges on the criminal.
volant	Relating to or characterized by flight. A falcon volant.
wing	Shoot a bird in the wing so as to prevent flight without causing death. A candidate from the liberal wing of the party.
winged	Very fast; as if with wings. The earliest winged insects.