What are the antonyms for LOITER?
- race, dash, forge, trot, DO, catch up, outpace, stampede, vamoose, complete, whiz, carry on, outstrip, whirl, hotfoot, breeze, scud, scramble, barrel, dart, hasten, rush, hustle, tear, continue, whisk, overtake, run, rip, accelerate, go, go ahead, hurry, bowl, push, outrun, forward, jog, course, hump, zip, finish, leave, quicken, speed, advance.
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Synonyms for LOITER
- nesting,
- tarry,
- marks time,
- slacken,
- running on,
- jellied,
- get no place fast,
- pass the time,
- withholds,
- sweat out,
- Arse About,
- saunter,
- choke off,
- get around,
- closed off,
- lurk,
- discursive,
- moon around,
- take one's own sweet time,
- crawl,
- forge ahead,
- slow down,
- schlepp along,
- doodle,
- play with,
- Bunked,
- straggle,
- unaffected,
- lallygag,
- kept back,
- shags,
- Reefed,
- wind down,
- give the run-around,
- muck,
- put off,
- hang down,
- drift,
- Bunking,
- sweat it out,
- stunting,
- Perdure,
- taking it easy,
- limp,
- play around,
- ridden,
- bugger about,
- poke,
- sit up,
- dally,
- vacillate,
- frequent,
- indulge in,
- reschedule,
- monkey around,
- take out after,
- keep waiting,
- Dilly,
- stays on,
- goldbrick,
- lumber,
- taking one's time,
- incoherent,
- mess with,
- easygoing,
- Loitering,
- fidget,
- be late,
- shuffle around,
- tinker,
- boondoggle,
- slackens,
- indulgent,
- Inched,
- disjointed,
- boogies,
- mull,
- stay,
- lie about,
- lose steam,
- tag along,
- pass time in idleness,
- pass time,
- tender,
- being behind,
- hit the brakes,
- loll,
- play for time,
- diddle-daddle,
- Bogged,
- remain,
- being unoccupied,
- lounge about,
- dawdle,
- drop back,
- lazy,
- putter around,
- encumber,
- get along with,
- perambulation,
- play,
- Residing,
- hold the phone,
- fall back,
- slowed down,
- move slowly,
- mill around,
- slouch,
- monkey,
- traipse,
- wait around,
- time,
- stopping over,
- frig around,
- stringing out,
- fiddle with,
- Wantoning,
- downed,
- dither,
- hoofed it,
- drag feet,
- persist in,
- rescheduling,
- play games with,
- await,
- wait and see,
- sloughs off,
- sit tight,
- spooring,
- go on,
- sit around,
- fool away,
- while away time,
- Respited,
- being inactive,
- protract,
- twiddle thumbs,
- nested,
- Back-water,
- take a stroll,
- downing,
- shlep along,
- push on,
- vegetate,
- retardates,
- Puddling,
- flag,
- retardate,
- Jellying,
- staying put,
- bide time,
- piddle,
- Draggle,
- winding down,
- piddles,
- shamble,
- knock around,
- gain time,
- stay up,
- goof around,
- be about,
- untidy,
- using up,
- lay over,
- pause,
- state,
- lie around,
- moving slowly,
- while away hours,
- bringing up rear,
- embog,
- horse around,
- drone,
- drag,
- hangs fire,
- endure,
- slack,
- fritter away time,
- futz around,
- stand over,
- potter,
- waylay,
- Sauntered,
- bring to screeching halt,
- lived on,
- perduring,
- brought up the rear,
- close off,
- soft,
- Vegetated,
- fall behind,
- twiddle,
- lose strength,
- be indolent,
- Strolled,
- hang loose,
- have relations with,
- encumbered,
- Roosted,
- kid around,
- bushwhack,
- hang around,
- never cease,
- keep the ball rolling,
- fool,
- sashaying,
- press on,
- slow,
- mope,
- lark about,
- get on with it,
- Bogging,
- laze,
- delirious,
- hesitate,
- bum around,
- muck about,
- keep on truckin',
- procrastinate,
- live on,
- while away,
- stuck to,
- ambuscade,
- smatter,
- plod,
- skulk,
- ease off,
- moon,
- putter,
- dawdling,
- remand,
- hedge,
- Prolonging,
- outstays,
- prorogues,
- fritter away,
- desultory,
- bringing up the rear,
- lie in wait,
- hang on,
- niggle,
- play a waiting game,
- give run around,
- make headway,
- take time,
- stick at,
- loll around,
- get with it,
- hover,
- amble,
- keep at,
- trifle with,
- Promenaded,
- lag behind,
- prorogue,
- use up,
- follow,
- mark time,
- lollygags,
- stop over,
- sit on one's butt,
- Shilly-shally,
- industrious,
- fool around,
- Bummed,
- sneak,
- bide,
- Remanded,
- trail behind,
- footle,
- goof off,
- slug,
- cursory,
- Pottering,
- proceed slowly,
- stonewall,
- Wantoned,
- slough off,
- stick to,
- slow up,
- Fribble,
- delay,
- shillyshally,
- carry forward,
- drag one's feet,
- fluctuate,
- bedog,
- fool with,
- muck around,
- stick about,
- tranquil,
- be insincere,
- Messed,
- trail,
- Haver,
- keeps back,
- loaf,
- withhold,
- fiddle,
- be unoccupied,
- poke along,
- Bumming,
- Trailed,
- hang in,
- poke around,
- lie over,
- creep,
- takes it easy,
- scrounge around,
- prevaricate,
- waddle,
- skive,
- potters,
- lollygagging,
- fiddle about,
- rein in,
- persevere,
- rove,
- goofing off,
- dabble,
- idling,
- stroll,
- Limped,
- sofa,
- held over,
- loose,
- glom,
- boondoggled,
- Wabble,
- inch along,
- choking off,
- played with,
- reined in,
- be delayed,
- idle,
- leads on,
- easing off,
- boogie,
- Pottered,
- demur,
- wait,
- wander about,
- encounter difficulty,
- toddle,
- establish oneself,
- hanging fire,
- dilly-dally,
- mill,
- hold on,
- Messing,
- stall,
- outstay,
- hang up,
- loiterer,
- hang,
- take one's time,
- equivocate,
- fiddle-faddle,
- ease,
- closing off,
- shirk,
- lax,
- be inactive,
- hold over,
- obstruction,
- Trifled,
- keeping back,
- grovel,
- linger,
- choked off,
- frivol,
- mess about,
- be slothful,
- lagging behind,
- Piddled,
- mill about,
- Lasted,
- get behind,
- falling behind,
- Prorogued,
- playing for time,
- shuffle off,
- bum about,
- amiable,
- pressing on,
- tooling,
- getting along with,
- boondoggles,
- trifling,
- monkey with,
- mooch,
- keep on,
- Idled,
- Intermitted,
- falter,
- drawl,
- stray,
- waste,
- lag,
- mince,
- Fribbling,
- at ease,
- bum,
- hobble,
- lazies,
- trotter,
- walk slowly,
- stagger,
- Respiting,
- getting around,
- waste time,
- slough,
- rambling,
- shagged,
- move ahead,
- stand around,
- Shelving,
- stick around,
- burn daylight,
- keep back,
- sit on,
- nose out,
- tolerant,
- lose speed,
- wander,
- outstaying,
- ease up,
- ambush,
- couch,
- boogied,
- ramble,
- roam,
- bide the issue,
- follow a scent,
- filibustered,
- stay put,
- amuse oneself,
- led on,
- bide one's time,
- dillydally,
- Intermitting,
- making headway,
- tooled,
- trifle,
- hang about,
- put back,
- mosey,
- lie down on the job,
- hold off,
- droop,
- plays for time,
- Hesitated,
- Downs,
- lobby,
- Inching,
- lollop,
- range,
- limp along,
- play the fool,
- coquet,
- warm a chair,
- wink at,
- reschedules,
- be quiescent,
- recline,
- hanging loose,
- hanging in,
- hold everything,
- be dilatory,
- hang fire,
- mess around,
- be behind,
- sashay,
- Droil,
- abide,
- eased up,
- not lift a finger,
- spend time,
- carefree,
- give the run around,
- strung out,
- temporize,
- Proroguing,
- Promenading,
- diddle,
- prowl,
- goes on,
- slowed up,
- toy,
- let slide,
- survive,
- stroll along,
- moving ahead,
- reduce speed,
- Reefing,
- Remanding,
- sweating out,
- Puddled,
- easy going,
- be obstructive,
- goof,
- trudge,
- toy with,
- take it easy,
- Filibustering,
- lounge around,
- stay on,
- linger idly,
- hang back,
- hanging down,
- linger on,
- halt,
- hang out,
- breezy,
- spread,
- lie down on job,
- hinder,
- let down flaps,
- outstayed,
- string out,
- lounge,
- lead on,
- backwater,
- lollygag,
- waver,
- run on,
- backwaters,
- flirt,
- hold the fort,
- Roosting,
- drop behind,
- remands,
- sticks to,
- rescheduled,
- lose time,
- stop,
- reins in,
- shuffle,
- idles,
- intermit,
- hold your horses,
- sashayed,
- fast,
- meander,
- while away the time,
- hoof it,
- Loitered,
- dander,
- stay out,
- bring up the rear,
- put down roots,
- used up,
- laze along,
- persist.
Usage Examples for LOITER
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He liked to loiter elaborately while other people were running, liked to pull out his big watch and assure her that they had all the time in the world. - "Sisters" by Kathleen Norris
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" Who are you who loiter here, and for what purpose do you lurk? - "Kai Lung's Golden Hours" by Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
