Synonyms of hanging around

hanging around

verb

present participle of hang around

as in remaining

to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time

if you hang around until my husband gets home, you can meet him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remaining
• waiting
• staying
• sticking around
• hanging on
• dwelling
• holding on
• abiding
• tarrying
• awaiting
• lingering
• loitering
• dawdling
• overstaying
• dallying
• outstaying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pulling out
• taking off
• cutting out
• walking out
• going off
• getting off
• buzzing (off)
• shoving (off)
• packing (up or off)
• peeling off
• pushing on
• clearing out
• pushing off
• bailing out
• moving
• leaving
• clearing off
• going
• running away
• exiting
• departing
• getting out
• bugging out
• bailing
• quitting
• flying
• piking (out or off)
• escaping
• fleeing
• skipping
• evacuating
• vamoosing
• absconding
• booking
• abandoning
• vacating
• forsaking
• deserting
• scramming
• decamping
• scatting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hanging around

Dorothy recalls patrons hanging around the shop for hours, running her hands along a rainbow of silk ties, and picking up tailor pins with her cousins to pass the time. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026

May Rosenberg, the wife of the critic Harold Rosenberg, once visited Krasner’s studio and assumed that the man hanging around in dungarees, not saying much of anything, was an intellectually disabled janitor. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026

And no one was hanging around Jane Doe’s former sorority house, except for a round-the-clock security guard parked in the driveway. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026

One bonus has been the discovery that feline family members of various New York households especially enjoy hanging around the batteries. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

Then there’s snake, tiger, zebra, and deer print…cow print is still hanging around too. — Fiona Ward, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2026

Christian grew up hanging around a locker room with Hall of Fame players like Davis, John Elway, Steve Atwater, Gary Zimmerman, Shannon Sharpe and others. — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Peas, mushrooms, asparagus, or whatever else is hanging around the crisper would be just as welcome. — Tadashi Ono & Harris Salat, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026

Mosquito bites are to be expected in the warm summer months, but increasingly these pests are hanging around into autumn. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Sep. 2026