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lounging (around or about)

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present participle of lounge (around or about)

Synonyms & Antonyms of lounging (around or about)

as in hanging, bumming (around)

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for lounging (around or about)

bumming (around),
dawdling,
goldbricking,
hanging,
hanging about
[British],
idling,
loafing,
relaxing,
resting,
screwing around,
slacking (off)

dabbling,
fiddling (around),
messing around,
puttering (around)

jesting,
joking,
teasing

delighting,
pleasing

amusing,
diverting,
entertaining

dabbling,
trifling

cavorting,
frisking,
gamboling
(or gambolling),
romping

dallying,
disporting,
frolicking,
playing,
recreating,
rollicking,
skylarking,
sporting,
toying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for lounging (around or about)

drudging,
laboring,
plodding,
plugging (away),
slaving,
straining,
striving,
struggling,
sweating,
toiling,
working

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“Lounging (around or about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lounging%20%28around%20or%20about%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2022.

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