Synonyms of stick around

stick around

verb

as in to remain

to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time

we stuck around afterwards to help clean up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remain
• stay
• hang around
• wait
• dwell
• hang on
• abide
• hold on
• tarry
• await
• linger
• loiter
• dawdle
• overstay
• outstay
• dally

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• get off
• cut out
• go off
• pull out
• walk out
• take off
• peel off
• leave
• clear out
• move
• bail out
• push off
• go
• push on
• shove (off)
• get out
• pike (out or off)
• quit
• depart
• exit
• run away
• pack (up or off)
• bail
• clear off
• escape
• bug out
• fly
• buzz (off)
• flee
• skip
• evacuate
• book
• abandon
• forsake
• desert
• vamoose
• vacate
• abscond
• scat
• scram
• decamp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stick around

If the footprints stick around or the grass feels crunchy underfoot, underwatering is likely. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 July 2026

Two Atlanta sports radio mainstays will stick around longer and a longtime station will switch formats this month in local radio news. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 July 2026

The internet has spent much of this year campaigning to make 2026 the new 2016, and several pieces from the old festival uniform are sticking around. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 28 July 2026

But the longer these price pressures persist, the greater the risk that inflation broadens well beyond the energy market and sticks around for longer. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 27 July 2026