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

If a strange new scent appears or concern lingers, Harvard Health advises talking to a doctor. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

In the scene, Simon’s family speaks Kreyòl — although to varying degrees of proficiency — and the camera lingers on the Haitian feast presented on the table. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Kimmel asked, getting the scoop for the general public, whose curiosity about the wedding still lingers. — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026

Perhaps this is why the novel’s account of convalescence lingers after much of its campus material has faded. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

The retrograde officially concludes on November 13; however, the post-retrograde shadow lingers until December 15. — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2026

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