Synonyms of loitered

loitered

verb

past tense of loiter

as in lingered

to move or act slowly

don't loiter in this neighborhood after dark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lingered
• delayed
• dragged
• crawled
• poked
• strolled
• dawdled
• crept
• played
• tarried
• lagged
• shuffled
• lollygagged
• lounged
• dallied
• fell behind
• stalled
• diddled
• marked time
• dropped behind
• moped
• hung fire
• idled
• sauntered
• ambled
• staggered
• loafed
• dillydallied
• trifled
• took one's time
• dragged one's feet
• shilly-shallied
• lolled
• inched
• fiddled (around)
• hung (around or out)
• puttered (around)
• plodded
• pottered (around)
• fooled around
• slowed (down or up)
• decelerated
• messed around
• monkeyed (around)
• lumbered
• eased
• temporized
• procrastinated
• filibustered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hurried
• scurried
• rushed
• raced
• ran
• sped
• flew
• dashed
• hastened
• scooted
• whirled
• bolted
• tore
• darted
• whizzed
• whisked
• ripped
• hustled
• scudded
• zipped
• coursed
• rocketed
• scrambled
• breezed
• barreled
• trotted
• hurtled
• ran
• stampeded
• humped
• jogged
• bowled
• sprinted
• galloped
• careered
• accelerated
• quickened
• hotfooted (it)
• overtook
• sped (up)
• outstripped
• caught up
• outran
• outpaced
• fast-forwarded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of loitered

Other executives, coaches and support staff loitered in the hall, speaking in hushed tones if at all. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 May 2026

In the petition filing, Buckingham wrote that Dick had loitered around his and his family members’ homes, called repeatedly and left threatening voicemails, and taped a photo collage of herself and Buckingham to his mailbox. — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026

Stella crossed the street and loitered outside the store window displaying haughty mannequins flaunting swagger coats. — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026

At the start of that brief official visit, his first, five military-grade drones loitered dangerously near Dublin Airport’s busiest civilian flight paths unopposed. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 30 Dec. 2025

The hotel is a short walk from the Jericho Tavern, where Radiohead played its first gig, in 1986, and around the corner from a now shuttered HMV, in whose aisles Donwood and Yorke once loitered, scouting the competition. — Zoe Si, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025

The drones also loitered above an Irish Navy vessel that had secretly deployed for Zelensky's visit. — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025

There, the crop continued to grow while white-faced ibis and killdeer birds loitered around the water. — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025