Synonyms of hangs about

hangs about

verb

present tense third-person singular of hang about, British

1

as in kicks back

to spend time doing nothing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kicks back
• kills time
• kicks around
• lazies
• chills
• lounges
• plays
• bums
• footles
• hangs (around or out)
• veges out
• rests
• goofs (off)
• dillydallies
• lazes
• twiddles one's thumbs
• loafs
• drones
• vegges out
• hacks (around)
• strolls
• idles
• pokes
• relaxes
• dawdles
• estivates
• messes
• lingers
• mucks
• monkeys
• lolls
• fools
• dallies
• aestivates
• fiddles (around)
• potters (around)
• putters (around)
• trifles
• hibernates
• goldbricks
• dozes
• lags
• swans
• piddles
• loiters
• saunters
• ambles
• truants
• moseys
• furloughs
• malingers
• tarries

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slaves
• works
• labors
• buckles (down)
• pegs
• plows
• plugs
• toils
• grinds
• humps
• sweats
• grubs
• hustles
• applies
• plods
• moils
• travails
• puts out
• drudges
• exerts

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• slaves
• works
• labors
• buckles (down)
• pegs
• plows
• plugs
• toils
• grinds
• humps
• sweats
• grubs
• hustles
• applies
• plods
• moils
• travails
• puts out
• drudges
• exerts

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2

as in plays

to spend time in aimless activity

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plays
• fribbles
• fools around
• messes around
• doodles
• kicks around
• goofs (around)
• fiddles (around)
• potters (around)
• putters (around)
• trifles
• monkeys (around)
• horses around
• lounges
• dillydallies
• hangs (around or out)
• loafs
• idles
• dawdles
• clowns (around)
• tinkers
• diddles (with)
• lolls
• dallies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sets (to)
• settles (down)
• buckles (down)
• knuckles down

• sets (to)
• settles (down)
• buckles (down)
• knuckles down