What is another word for lingers?

Pronunciation: [lˈɪŋɡəz] (IPA)

The word "lingers" refers to staying somewhere or delaying leaving. Some synonyms for the word "lingers" include: 1. Lingers on: stay a little longer than necessary. 2. Remains: continue to exist or be present without changing. 3. Stays: remain in a particular place or situation. 4. Delays: cause someone or something to be postponed or delayed. 5. Loiters: stand or wait around idly without any apparent purpose. 6. Procrastinates: delay or postpone action; put off doing something. 7. Tarries: stay longer than intended; delay leaving a place. 8. Resides: have one's permanent home in a particular place. 9. Hesitates: pause in indecision before saying or doing something. 10. Dallies: waste time; act in a casual or leisurely manner.

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Usage examples for Lingers

As we stood upon the height of Egeberg that delicious sunny afternoon, there hung over and about the Norwegian capital a soft golden haze such as lingers in August above the Venetian lagoons.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Your father and mother and sisters are all gone to America, and poor old Mat lingers on,-nay, the journey is nigh ended.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Anyway, it lingers on the hill, and looks at the ragged streets and houses of the unfortunate town down by the river, which is always hurrying away, as if to warn the people below to avoid Davy's Bend, where there is little business, and no joy.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe

Famous quotes with Lingers

  • Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity.
    Agatha Christie
  • Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
    Calvin Coolidge
  • Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants - giving people the opportunity to dream like children.
    Guy Laliberte
  • What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
    Virginia Satir
  • Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
    Alfred Lord Tennyson

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