lingers

VERB

loiter, delay

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dawdle drift idle remain stay stick around wait

STRONG

amble crawl dally dillydally falter hesitate hobble lag loll lumber mope mosey plod poke procrastinate putter saunter shuffle slouch stagger stop stroll tarry tool totter trail traipse trifle trudge vacillate

WEAK

be dilatory be long be tardy fool around fritter away goof off hang around hang out put off sit around take one's time wait around

Antonyms

STRONGEST

forge forward go leave

STRONG

advance carry on complete continue finish go ahead run rush tiptoe

WEAK

halt hurry

VERB

continue, endure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

persist remain stay stick around survive wait

STRONG

abide bide cling last stand

WEAK

hang on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease forge go leave

STRONG

move refuse reject

WEAK

halt hurry rush stop

Example Sentences

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Other troubling signs: a significant population of juvenile animals or such inbred or hybrid species as white tigers or ligers, a lion crossed with a tiger.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022

Take ligers, the chimera created by a lion and a tiger, popularized at least in part by a cameo in the not-quite-cult-classic Napoleon Dynamite.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2015

Whereas zebroids can run small, ligers suffer from unsustainable growth.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2015

Since lions and tigers do not live in the same regions, their children, which are called "ligers," are rare beasts.

From Time Magazine Archive