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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The bitterness lingers all these years later: “The less competent or the less knowledgeable or intelligent members of the Senate were the ones that sunk him,” says Mr. Meese, who seldom speaks ill of anyone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

Maybe that’s why this picnic lingers with me.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026

It is that sense of hope which lingers on as Gold closes the album.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Even when Fuki gets away from the city, the camera lingers on her watching a campfire’s dying embers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Now returned, I avoid Bono as best I can, though his smoldering gaze often lingers upon me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson