Synonyms of lingers

lingers

verb

present tense third-person singular of linger

as in drags

to move or act slowly

since they were charging by the hour, the house painters lingered in finishing up their work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drags
• delays
• crawls
• pokes
• loiters
• strolls
• lags
• dawdles
• creeps
• tarries
• plays
• shuffles
• marks time
• mopes
• drops behind
• staggers
• falls behind
• dallies
• diddles
• stalls
• hangs fire
• lollygags
• idles
• saunters
• dillydallies
• drags one's feet
• takes one's time
• ambles
• lounges
• eases
• inches
• lolls
• putters (around)
• shilly-shallies
• decelerates
• potters (around)
• fools around
• fiddles (around)
• monkeys (around)
• lumbers
• trifles
• loafs
• messes around
• hangs (around or out)
• slows (down or up)
• plods
• procrastinates
• temporizes
• filibusters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hastens
• tears
• runs
• flies
• hurries
• rushes
• scurries
• rips
• whirls
• races
• barrels
• whisks
• courses
• speeds
• careers
• scoots
• dashes
• whizzes
• zips
• hurtles
• bolts
• runs
• hustles
• scuds
• scrambles
• breezes
• rockets
• trots
• bowls
• accelerates
• gallops
• darts
• jogs
• quickens
• stampedes
• humps
• speeds (up)
• sprints
• overtakes
• hotfoots (it)
• outstrips
• outpaces
• outruns
• catches up
• fast-forwards

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lingers

The camera still lingers, the music still aches, but the urgency is gone. — Henry Metz, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

The shock of that day, and its impact across the globe, lingers a quarter of a century later. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026

Leave it to chance, and the old brand lingers longer than anyone wants. — Priya Gill, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Kansas City’s late-summer heat wave lingers one more day, with temperatures Wednesday expected to climb into the 90s before cooler weather arrives, according to the National Weather Service. — Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026

Perhaps what lingers most in my mind was the expedition team’s passion. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

That lingers in the existence of the Transportation Security Administration and the general hardening of security measures in society overall. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

The heartbreak of last year's football playoffs exit still lingers around North Crowley. — Jaylon Shoots, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

The afterburn of his relationship with Charleson lingers affectingly, though. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026