Synonyms of hanging about

hanging about

verb

present participle of hang about, British

1

as in killing time

to spend time doing nothing

a tea house near campus where many university students could be seen hanging about

Synonyms & Similar Words

• killing time
• kicking back
• vegging out
• hacking (around)
• kicking around
• goofing (off)
• twiddling one's thumbs
• hanging (around or out)
• lounging
• chilling
• resting
• playing
• idling
• loafing
• relaxing
• bumming
• strolling
• lazing
• poking
• dawdling
• droning
• footling
• dillydallying
• lolling
• messing
• mucking
• fiddling (around)
• lazying
• lingering
• puttering (around)
• pottering (around)
• estivating
• dallying
• trifling
• piddling
• fooling
• monkeying
• hibernating
• dozing
• loitering
• lagging
• sauntering
• ambling
• moseying
• aestivating
• malingering
• goldbricking
• tarrying
• truanting
• swanning
• furloughing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buckling (down)
• working
• laboring
• plowing
• grinding
• sweating
• plugging
• toiling
• plodding
• grubbing
• humping
• pegging
• hustling
• slaving
• applying
• drudging
• travailing
• moiling
• exerting
• putting out

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• buckling (down)
• working
• laboring
• plowing
• grinding
• sweating
• plugging
• toiling
• plodding
• grubbing
• humping
• pegging
• hustling
• slaving
• applying
• drudging
• travailing
• moiling
• exerting
• putting out

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2

as in fooling around

to spend time in aimless activity

we'll be hanging about at the pub if you need us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fooling around
• messing around
• playing
• fribbling
• fiddling (around)
• puttering (around)
• pottering (around)
• goofing (around)
• kicking around
• monkeying (around)
• doodling
• horsing around
• trifling
• lounging
• hanging (around or out)
• idling
• clowning (around)
• loafing
• diddling (with)
• dawdling
• dillydallying
• lolling
• tinkering
• dallying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settling (down)
• setting (to)
• buckling (down)
• knuckling down

• settling (down)
• setting (to)
• buckling (down)
• knuckling down