Loitering [verb]
Definition of Loitering:
hang around; stroll
Synonyms of Loitering:
● Traipse
● Ramble
● Linger
● Loll
● Lounge
● Dawdle
● Amble
● Saunter
● Dabble
● Loaf
● Hover
● Shuffle
● Halt
● Slacken
● Pause
● Diddle
● Tarry
● Flag
● Drag
● Delay
● Trail
● Idle
● Poke
● Slough
● Dally
● Shamble
● Lag
● Wait
● Put off
Opposite/Antonyms of Loitering:
● Leave
● Advance
● Go
● Finish
● Push
● Forward
● Forge
● Continue
● Carry on
● Do
● Run
● Rush
● Vamoose
● Hasten
● Go ahead
● Complete
● Hurry
Sentence/Example of Loitering:
We’re loitering up top when we see, rising from behind a knuckle of rock, the telltale dust cloud of our truck spinning its wheels.
They could not have been nicer, and they sent an officer by and presumably told the kids not to loiter in the parking lot, and the kids left the area.
They were slowing down at a station and there were no less than three picturesque looking young fellows loitering about the place.
Then off would roam Sally, perhaps loitering around fair Ingleside, or returning to her beloved pine woods and leafy oak-tree.
She tried to drop behind; but the team had an infinite capacity for loitering.
He was a bird of affairs; he had too much on his mind for loitering.
She questioned a peasant who was loitering near the drawbridge.
I do not know of a more insidious temptation to buy what you do not need than loitering along the quais of the Rive Gauche.
I left the village a couple of hours ago; rather loitering, as I came along, to enjoy the river scenery.
After loitering about a considerable time, Holloway said he heard a footstep, and we proceeded towards Belfont.