HOVERING Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in sailing

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verb

present participle of hover

as in floating

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air claimed that the UFO hovered a moment, then spun off into space at incredible speed

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Recent Examples of hovering

Adjective

The drones then find the best hovering altitude before each lining up to spray the fire, one after the other. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026 He-Man was now a jolly, quip-ready hero, whose best friends were scaredy-cat Cringer (a green-and-yellow tiger who transformed into Battle Cat), and an annoying, hovering magician called Orko. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 June 2026 This is surprising for something that is supposed to require less hovering, especially if the host is out of hearing range of the device's alerts. — New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2026

Verb

No one will string the words together and actually say it out loud, but as former players and Campbell tap-dance around the uncomfortable question about what’s changed, the message hovering between the lines is not difficult to read. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Average costs for the potassium-rich fruit have seen little change as of late, hovering between 65 and 67 cents over the last 12 months. — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 The joint action in late July came after the yen slid toward 164 per dollar, hovering near its weakest level in four decades, and has put the Bank of Japan's September policy meeting at the center of whether that reprieve holds. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 While Gotham has proven the standings mean nothing come playoff time, just 11 games remain for the Current, and KC is hovering on the playoff line. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026 That number is expected to decline further in the coming weeks, with the mission typically hovering between 2,500 and 3,000 troops. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 Their closest rival, the Philadelphia Phillies, have been hovering around 8 games behind the Braves. — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026 There are teams spending upwards of $50 million on their rosters this season, while others are hovering around the $30 million area depending on the buy-in from each athletic department. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Shares are down more than 28 percent over the past month, currently hovering around $114, which is miles below its mid-June record high of $225. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hovering

Adjective

Opt for bigger hanging bulbs, discrete flickers, or even hanging sheaths.

— Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
To maintain the immersive illusion, Iñárritu eschewed traditional hanging fabric.

— Robert Lang, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of hanging

Verb

There, satellite imagery reviewed by CNN shows the Christophe de Margerie sidled up against a sprawling floating storage unit, in a formation typical of ship-to-ship cargo transfers.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Photos of the outside cemetery show flooding and floating debris.

— Dave Savini, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of floating

Verb

Would Alejandro González Iñárritu’s breathlessly awaited, Tom Cruise vehicle Digger be sailing to the Lido?

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2026
While Homer followed warriors sailing home from Troy, the playwright Euripides — writing some three centuries later — turned to the city’s ruins and its women, forced into exile and enslavement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of sailing

Verb

With the incident over the weekend, a bystander reported seeing the lifeguard’s rescue torpedo come about 6 to 8 feet out of the water, shortly after the lifeguard had begun swimming back toward shore.

— Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
In Maryland, where over two dozen cases have been confirmed so far this year, health officials warned people to be cautious about swimming in Chesapeake Bay.

— Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of swimming

Verb

Satellite imagery shows a haze of wildfire smoke drifting from West Kalimantan into neighboring Malaysia on several days this month, according to BNPB.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
On Tuesday the Bay Area Air District issued an air quality advisory for Tuesday and Wednesday due to smoke from the Timber Fire drifting into the region.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026