LOITERED Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

loitered

verb

Definition of loitered next

past tense of loiter

as in lingered

to move or act slowly don't loiter in this neighborhood after dark

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Recent Examples of loitered 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

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Verb

And the Hall of Famer instilled the team with a cheeky can-do mindset that put the Orioles over the top and lingered for decades to come.

— Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2026
Solidifying a workable routine helps everyone know what to expect, and your reliability repairs stress that has lingered in the background.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026