What are some opposite words for linger?

Antonyms for linger
ˈlɪŋ gərlin·ger

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. linger

    Antonyms:
    haste, speed, press, push

    Synonyms:
    tarry, loiter, saunter, lag, hesitate, wait

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  1. lingerverb

    remain present although waning or gradually dying

    "Her perfume lingered on"

    Antonyms:
    step on it, rush, hie, pelt along, belt along, bucket along, rush along, hasten, cannonball along, speed, race, hotfoot

    Synonyms:
    lurk, tarry, lallygag, footle, mess about, lollygag, loiter, lounge, mill about, hover, dawdle, loaf, mill around, hang around

  2. loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill aroundverb

    be about

    "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

    Antonyms:
    rush along, hasten, hotfoot, bucket along, hie, step on it, rush, race, pelt along, cannonball along, speed, belt along

    Synonyms:
    loll around, loaf, bushwhack, bum about, hover, arse about, lounge around, mill around, frig around, arse around, mess about, lurk, bum around, lounge, waylay, loiter, loll, mill about, bum, mill, hang around, lollygag, skulk, lallygag, footle, tarry, ambuscade, lie in wait, scupper, ambush, lounge about, dawdle, waste one's time

  3. tarry, lingerverb

    leave slowly and hesitantly

    Antonyms:
    rush along, rush, bucket along, belt along, speed, hie, race, step on it, hasten, hotfoot, cannonball along, pelt along

    Synonyms:
    lurk, tarry, lallygag, footle, mess about, lollygag, loiter, lounge, mill about, hover, dawdle, loaf, mill around, hang around

  4. linger, dawdleverb

    take one's time; proceed slowly

    Antonyms:
    rush along, hie, bucket along, hotfoot, rush, hasten, cannonball along, belt along, race, pelt along, speed, step on it

    Synonyms:
    loaf, lag, hover, loiter, dally, footle, dawdle, mess about, hang around, fall behind, fall back, lollygag, mill about, tarry, lurk, lallygag, mill around, lounge

  5. hover, lingerverb

    move to and fro

    "The shy student lingered in the corner"

    Antonyms:
    race, speed, step on it, hotfoot, pelt along, hie, rush along, cannonball along, belt along, bucket along, hasten, rush

    Synonyms:
    loaf, mess about, mill around, levitate, hover, loiter, lallygag, footle, bulk large, dawdle, oscillate, hang around, lollygag, mill about, tarry, vacillate, loom, vibrate, brood, lounge, lurk

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  1. lingerverb

    Synonyms:
    loiter, saunter, tarry, lag

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wanderlust

    stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave.

    he lingered a he packed to go home.

    Submitted by anayazachery on September 25, 2020  

How to use linger in a sentence?

  1. James Zhan:

    The effects of the pandemic on investment will linger, investors are likely to remain cautious in committing capital to new overseas productive assets.

  2. Cam Talbot:

    Anytime you let something like that linger, it's going to carry over into the next game, we don't have the luxury of easing our way into it.

  3. Charles-Damian Boulogne:

    To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth.

  4. George Wood:

    Her problem in Iowa is with Trump supporters, things linger.

  5. John Shuster:

    I learned a lot in Torino back in 2006, because you have this huge disappointment. And then, you know, it’s really easy to just let that disappointment linger, but you know what we have to just realize is we have the opportunity to come back here and be on an Olympic podium, winning an Olympic medal for the United States of America.

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