| Main Entry: | hang around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | associate |
Synonyms: |
abide, affect, dally, frequent, glom, hang about, hang out, haunt, linger, live, loiter, reside, resort, roam, spend time, swell, tarry, waste time |
| Main Entry: | assemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | congregate |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, agglomerate, amass, bring together, bunch, bunch up, call, call together, capture*, collect, come together, convene, convoke, corral*, flock, gang up, gather, group, hang around, hang out*, huddle, lump, make the scene, meet, meet up, mobilize, muster, rally, reunite, round up, scare up, summon, unite |
Antonyms: |
disperse, scatter |
| Main Entry: | associate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | befriend |
Synonyms: |
accompany, amalgamate, be friends, be in cahoots, buddy up, bunch up, come together, confederate, consort, fraternize, gang up, get in on, get in with, get into, get together, go along with, go partners, hang around, hang out, hang out with, hobnob, join, join up with, line up with, mingle, mix, pal up, play footsie with, pool, run around with, run with, string along with, swing with, take up with, team up, throw in together, tie in, tie up, truck with, work with |
Antonyms: |
avoid, disassociate, disjoin, disunite, divorce |
| Main Entry: | await |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait with expectation |
Synonyms: |
anticipate, attend, be prepared for, be ready for, cool one's heels, count on, hang around, hang in, hang out*, hope, look for, look forward to, stay, sweat it out, sweat* |
| Main Entry: | bide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait |
Synonyms: |
abide, attend, await, continue, dwell, hang around, hang in, hang out*, hold the phone, lie in wait, linger, live, remain, reside, sit tight, stay, stick around, sweat it, tarry, watch for |
Antonyms: |
go, hurry, move |
| Main Entry: | dawdle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay; waste time |
Synonyms: |
amble, bum around, dally, diddle-daddle, dilly-dally, drag, fool around, fritter away, get no place fast, goof off, hang around, hang out*, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey, poke*, procrastinate, put off, saunter, scrounge around, shlep along, sit around, sit on one's butt, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trifle, wait, warm a chair |
Antonyms: |
forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed |
| Main Entry: | fool around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste time |
Synonyms: |
dawdle, hang around, idle, kill time, lark, mess around, play around |
Antonyms: |
labor, toil, work |
| Main Entry: | frequent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be a regular customer of |
Synonyms: |
affect, attend, attend regularly, be at home in, be found at, be often in, drop in, go to, hang about, hang around, hang out at, haunt*, hit*, infest, overrun, patronize, play*, resort, revisit, visit often |
| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come or bring together |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, aggregate, amass, assemble, associate, bunch up, capture, choose, close with, cluster, collect, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, corral, crowd, cull, draw, draw in, flock, forgather, gang up, garner, get together, group, hang around, hang out*, heap, herd, hoard, huddle, make the scene, marshal, mass, meet, muster, pick, pile up, pluck, poke*, pour in, punch*, rally, reunite, round up, scare up, scrape together, show up, stack up, stockpile, swarm, throng, unite |
| Notes: | garner means to amass or acquire or reap; gather means to assemble or get together |
Antonyms: |
allot, deal, disperse, distribute, divide, scatter, separate, spread |
| Main Entry: | goof off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid work |
Synonyms: |
bum around, coast, diddle, dog it, doodle, drag one's feet, featherbed, fiddle around, fluff off, fool around, hang around, hang out, horse around, lollygag, mess around, monkey around, putz around, screw off, shirk, slack, take it easy |