stick around

stick around

intransitive verb

Definition of STICK AROUND

: to stay or wait about : linger

Examples of STICK AROUND

1. <we stuck around afterwards to help clean up>

First Known Use of STICK AROUND

circa 1912

Related to STICK AROUND

Synonyms

abide, dwell, hang around, remain, ¹stay, 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 STICK 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, hang 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, stomping ground, surround sound, turnaround, turn around, ultrasound, underground, weather-bound, work-around, wraparound