Synonyms of tarries

tarries 1 of 2

noun

plural of tarry

as in stays

a temporary residing as another's guest

a fable about the tarry of two Americans in a Scottish village that every century magically comes into existence for a day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stays
• visits
• sojourns
• field trips
• stopovers
• stops
• sleepovers
• layovers
• homestays

tarries

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tarry

1

as in waits

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

upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• waits
• remains
• stays
• dwells
• abides
• hangs around
• lingers
• awaits
• sticks around
• loiters
• dawdles
• holds on
• hangs on
• dallies
• overstays
• outstays

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• departs
• leaves
• moves
• goes
• exits
• quits
• packs (up or off)
• walks out
• goes off
• takes off
• cuts out
• bails
• pushes on
• escapes
• peels off
• pulls out
• gets off
• pushes off
• flees
• flies
• shoves (off)
• bails out
• buzzes (off)
• clears out
• skips
• absconds
• clears off
• runs away
• evacuates
• books
• forsakes
• gets out
• abandons
• vacates
• bugs out
• vamooses
• scats
• decamps
• pikes (out or off)
• deserts
• scrams

2

as in lingers

to move or act slowly

the dean tarried in making his decision, still not sure if he should suspend the student or not

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lingers
• delays
• drags
• crawls
• pokes
• loiters
• dawdles
• strolls
• lags
• mopes
• plays
• creeps
• shuffles
• marks time
• dallies
• diddles
• falls behind
• lollygags
• stalls
• drops behind
• staggers
• hangs fire
• idles
• ambles
• dillydallies
• lounges
• saunters
• drags one's feet
• takes one's time
• shilly-shallies
• lolls
• trifles
• decelerates
• loafs
• inches
• putters (around)
• potters (around)
• lumbers
• procrastinates
• fools around
• monkeys (around)
• plods
• eases
• fiddles (around)
• slows (down or up)
• hangs (around or out)
• messes around
• temporizes
• filibusters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hastens
• hurries
• rushes
• barrels
• tears
• flies
• races
• courses
• scurries
• runs
• scoots
• speeds
• whirls
• whisks
• careers
• dashes
• rips
• whizzes
• rockets
• scuds
• bolts
• zips
• hurtles
• darts
• hustles
• breezes
• bowls
• scrambles
• runs
• gallops
• trots
• stampedes
• quickens
• humps
• accelerates
• jogs
• sprints
• hotfoots (it)
• speeds (up)
• overtakes
• outstrips
• outruns
• outpaces
• catches up
• fast-forwards

3

as in visits

to reside as a temporary guest

he tarried with us all summer, sleeping on the screened-in porch most nights

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stays
• visits
• sojourns
• haunts
• occupies
• comes over
• stops (by)
• inhabits
• frequents
• drops in
• crashes
• runs in
• drops by
• comes by
• steps in
• hangs (around or out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lives
• resides
• dwells
• abides