hang around

hang around

transitive verb

Definition of HANG AROUND

: to pass time or stay aimlessly in or at <hung around the house all day>

Examples of HANG AROUND

1. <if you hang around until my husband gets home, you can meet him>

First Known Use of HANG AROUND

1847

Related to HANG AROUND

Synonyms

abide, dwell, ¹stay, remain, stick around, tarry

Antonyms

bail, bail out, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, exit, get off, go, go off, leave, move, pack (up or off), peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, shove (off), take off, vamoose, walk out

Related Words

await, hang on, hold on, wait; dally, dawdle, linger, loiter; outstay, overstay

Near Antonyms

abscond, book [slang], decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, run away, scat, scram, skip; abandon, desert, forsake, vacate

Rhymes with HANG AROUND

aboveground, Afghan hound, all-around, battleground, been around, belowground, bottom round, breeding ground, bring around, cast around, common ground, decompound, dumping ground, end around, fool around, get around, go around, horse around, in the round, jerk around, kick around, mess around, middle ground, muscle-bound, Norton Sound, off the ground, on background, on the ground, outward-bound, paperbound, perfect-bound, proving ground, push around, quarter-bound, runaround, screw around, shootaround, sleep around, spiral-bound, staging ground, stand one's ground, steamship round, stick around, stomping ground, surround sound, turnaround, turn around, ultrasound, underground, weather-bound, work-around, wraparound