HUNG (AROUND) Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

hung around

verb

past tense of hang around

as in remained

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

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Recent Examples of hung around In that out-of-use cooler, two living roaches rather ghoulishly hung around the 17 roach corpses. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 Davis had hung around the basketball team, which included moments in the locker room with Miles. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 And then at some point, he was put in an ambulance, which took him away, and then the soldiers hung around for a bit. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 The bridal bedchamber featured a white angora carpet and sheer white draperies that hung around the walls. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026 Blocks from the main entrance to Southern University A&M, a small crowd hung around a convenience store, but people were unwilling to talk about politics, eyeing strangers suspiciously. — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 The chip of bone was placed in a circular container called a reliquary and hung around the saint’s neck. — Clare Whitton, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026 The seven-word message became the Washington Commanders’ game-day creed in 2024 and has hung around ever since — literally. — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Hartford has battled injuries to many of its key players but treaded water at 5-9-5 (W-D-L) and hung around the playoff line. — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 27 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hung around

Verb

The pickup truck driver remained at the scene and was cooperating with investigators, Monroe said.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Regardless, Republican Sam Matthews, an at-times independent voter who dropped into the Ohio GOP bus tour launch party in Strongsville, remained adamant Democrats continued to be too extreme for most of the electorate.

— Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of remained

Verb

In places where the lines stayed unchanged, like Indiana and Pennsylvania and New Jersey and New York, GOP incumbents lost.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
The Hawks stayed within striking distance with a scoreless second period, but defenseman Ryan McDonagh and Mikheyev, who left the Hawks for the Lightning in free agency last summer, scored in the third to double the Lightning lead.

— Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of stayed

Verb

The attack in Komyshuvakha, near the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region, struck as residents waited for humanitarian aid.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
One would be forgiven for assuming that, as a friend of his joked, Carrère had waited to visit the country until a member of his family was running it.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of waited

Verb

Northwestern’s Dave Davis, the longtime liaison between the university and residents, stuck around and mingled with the big names who had gathered there.

— Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
In the years since the pandemic, retail investors have not only stuck around, but have grown more powerful and more sophisticated.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026