STUCK AROUND Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

stuck around

verb

Definition of stuck around next

past tense of stick around

as in remained

to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time we stuck around afterwards to help clean up

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Recent Examples of stuck around Gray had played parts of three seasons in the majors but had just 122 at-bats to his name and hadn’t stuck around in the big leagues for a sustained period of time. —

Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026 Peterson stuck around for another season before transferring to Ole Miss this past offseason. —

Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026 Even as physicists came to understand these particles by developing a quantum field theory (QFT) — the standard language of particle physics, in which particles are ripples of energy in fields that permeate space-time — the string theory that emerged from Veneziano’s work stuck around. —

Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026 Bentley, who lives in Oak Cliff, stopped by for a post-screening Q&A at one of two showings and stuck around to introduce the film before the other. —

Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2026 Because of the cold, snow from the major winter storm in January also stuck around on the ground longer than normal. —

Tara Lynch, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026 After an 8-9 season that invited promise in 2023, though, Paton went to a happy hour at Ocean Prime with Mauck, who marveled at the fact that the general manager had stuck around. —

Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026 Since decor stuck around a bit longer, the style of this decade is more clearly defined and ingrained in memories. —

Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026 Krupa said it’s presumed that Celia Grayson ultimately made it to freedom in Canada, but Eliza stuck around in Chicago to work as a housekeeper. —

Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stuck around

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King has been working ever since then to bring a Michael Jackson film to theatres, and now only technicalities remained.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
O’Hoppe was hit in the throat by a foul ball off the dirt and immediately called for the training staff but remained in the game after a short delay.

— Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026