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loitering
adjective as in dilatory
adjective as in slow
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adjective as in slow-footed
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- apathetic
- crawling
- creeping
- dawdling
- delaying
- deliberate
- dilatory
- disinclined
- dreamy
- drowsy
- easy
- gradual
- heavy
- idle
- imperceptible
- inactive
- indolent
- inert
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- leaden
- leisurely
- lethargic
- listless
- measured
- moderate
- negligent
- passive
- phlegmatic
- plodding
- ponderous
- postponing
- procrastinating
- quiet
- reluctant
- remiss
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow-going
- slow-moving
- slow-paced
- sluggish
- snaillike
- stagnant
- supine
- torpid
- tortoiselike
adjective as in slow-going
Weak matches
- apathetic
- crawling
- creeping
- dawdling
- delaying
- deliberate
- dilatory
- disinclined
- dreamy
- drowsy
- easy
- gradual
- heavy
- idle
- imperceptible
- inactive
- indolent
- inert
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- leaden
- leisurely
- lethargic
- listless
- measured
- moderate
- negligent
- passive
- phlegmatic
- plodding
- ponderous
- postponing
- procrastinating
- quiet
- reluctant
- remiss
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow-footed
- slow-moving
- slow-paced
- sluggish
- snaillike
- stagnant
- supine
- tardy
- torpid
- tortoiselike
adjective as in slow-paced
Weak matches
- apathetic
- crawling
- creeping
- dawdling
- delaying
- deliberate
- dilatory
- disinclined
- dreamy
- drowsy
- easy
- gradual
- heavy
- idle
- imperceptible
- inactive
- indolent
- inert
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- leaden
- leisurely
- lethargic
- listless
- measured
- moderate
- negligent
- passive
- phlegmatic
- plodding
- ponderous
- postponing
- procrastinating
- quiet
- reluctant
- remiss
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow-footed
- slow-going
- slow-moving
- sluggish
- snaillike
- stagnant
- supine
- tardy
- torpid
- tortoiselike
adjective as in tardy
adjective as in trifling
adjective as in unoccupied
noun as in dalliance
Weak matches
noun as in delay
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Strong matches
noun as in idleness
Strong matches
noun as in inactivity
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in inertness
Strong matches
noun as in inoperativeness
Weak matches
- dawdling
- dilly-dallying
- dormancy
- droning
- goof-off time
- hibernation
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stagnation
- stupor
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- vegetating
noun as in retardation
Strong matches
- adjournment
- bind
- check
- cunctation
- dawdling
- demurral
- detainment
- detention
- discontinuation
- downtime
- filibuster
- hindrance
- holdup
- impediment
- interval
- jam
- lag
- lingering
- logjam
- moratorium
- obstruction
- postponement
- problem
- procrastination
- prorogation
- remission
- reprieve
- setback
- showstopper
- stall
- stay
- stop
- stoppage
- surcease
- suspension
- tie up
- wait
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Example Sentences
Now, with the publication of ‘Loitering,’ the uninitiated can discover what all the fuss is about.
Reading Loitering I thought about David Foster Wallace a lot.
The issue has quickly turned from the supposed issue at hand—namely, is he "loitering" in a place that forbids it?
An absentee father is loitering about with his son and namesake, Mason Jr., at a deserted concert hall.
Nor did we cruise in the singles bar or Christopher Street sense, loitering with sexual intent.
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.
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On this page you'll find 606 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to loitering, such as: backward, behindhand, dallying, delaying, deliberate, and laggard.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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