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

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Loiter as a Verb
Definitions of "Loiter" as a verb
Synonyms of "Loiter" as a verb (26 Words)
Usage Examples of "Loiter" as a verb
Associations of "Loiter" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Loiter” are: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry, potter, wait, skulk, dawdle, dally, stroll, saunter, loll, go slowly, take one's time, go at a snail's pace, move at a snail's pace, drag one's feet, delay

Loiter as a Verb

Definitions of "Loiter" as a verb

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

Stand or wait around without apparent purpose.
Walk slowly and with no apparent purpose; dawdle.
Be about.

Synonyms of "Loiter" as a verb (26 Words)

dally	Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. Get busy don t dally.
dawdle	Take one’s time; proceed slowly. Ruth dawdled back through the wood.
delay	Cause to be slowed down or delayed. Don t delay* your application to graduate school or else it won t be considered.*
drag one's feet	Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting.
footle	Act foolishly, as by talking nonsense. Where's that pesky creature that was footling about outside?
go at a snail's pace	Be sounded, played, or expressed.
go slowly	Follow a procedure or take a course.
hang around	Be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive.
lallygag	Be about.
linger	Remain present although waning or gradually dying. The tradition seems to linger* on.*
loaf	Be lazy or idle.
loll	Be lazy or idle. The boy lolled out his tongue.
lollygag	Be about. She goes to Arizona every January to lollygag* in the sun.*
lounge	Be about. Several students were lounging about reading papers.
lurk	(of an unpleasant quality) be present in a latent or barely discernible state, although still presenting a threat. Danger lurks beneath the surface.
mess about	Eat in a mess hall.
mill about	Grind with a mill.
mill around	Roll out (metal) with a rolling machine.
move at a snail's pace	Live one’s life in a specified environment.
potter	Occupy oneself in a desultory but pleasant way. I might potter* into Nice for the day.*
saunter	Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim. Adam sauntered into the room.
skulk	Avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill. Don t skulk* outside the door like a spy.*
stroll	Walk in a leisurely way. The horse strolled home by 12 lengths.
take one's time	Be capable of holding or containing.
tarry	Leave slowly and hesitantly.
wait	Wait before acting. He found the train waiting on the platform.

Usage Examples of "Loiter" as a verb

The weather had tempted them to loiter along the banks of the Cherwell.
She saw Mary loitering near the cloakrooms.
The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square.

Associations of "Loiter" (30 Words)

behind	A kick that sends the ball over a behind line or a touch that sends it between the inner posts scoring one point. My watch is running behind.
continue	Continue after an interruption. The Archive has continued its programme of research.
dally	Consider not very seriously. Get busy don t dally.
dawdle	Waste time; be slow. Ruth dawdled back through the wood.
delay	An electronic device which introduces a delay especially in an audio signal. A two hour delay.
flophouse	A cheap lodging house. They are living in a flophouse* and discovering that the streets are not paved with gold.*
hover	Move to and fro. If you hover* over the video it will play a preview with sound.*
lag	Cover with lagging to prevent heat loss. Lag pipes.
latency	The state of existing but not yet being developed or manifest; concealment. The latency* of tumours in mice.*
levitate	Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity. The magician levitated the woman.
linger	Stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave. She lingered over her meal.
lingering	Lasting for a long time or slow to end. A painful and lingering* death.*
lurk	Lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner. A ruthless killer still lurked in the darkness.
onwards	In a forward direction.
persevere	Continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no indication of success. His family persevered with his treatment.
persist	Be persistent refuse to stop. If the symptoms persist* for more than a few days then contact your doctor.*
pitchy	Like or as dark as pitch.
procrastinate	Delay or postpone action; put off doing something. He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days.
remain	Stay the same remain in a certain state. Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U S did not fight a war.
reside	Have one’s permanent home in a particular place. She resides in Princeton.
residual	A quantity remaining after other things have been subtracted or allowed for. Residual stenosis.
rest	Rest on or as if on a pillow. He rested his bad leg.
slowdown	The act of slowing down or falling behind. A traffic slowdown* in the passing lane.*
sojourn	Spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily. She had sojourned once in Egypt.
stay	A period of staying somewhere in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest. They had a nice stay* in Paris.*
tarry	Leave slowly and hesitantly. A length of tarry* rope.*
time	One s lifetime. This is the first time* I have got into debt.*
timeless	Unaffected by time. Helen s timeless* beauty.*
unaltered	Remaining in an original state. Persisting unaltered* through time.*
unchanged	Not made or become different. An unchanged* side for tonight s home game.*