LINGERING Synonyms

• lasting a long time

• patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble

• a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

• not used up

• existing for a long time

• retained; not shed

• never-ceasing

• continually recurring to the mind

• stubbornly unyielding

• relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit

• relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

• drawn out or made longer spatially

• relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

• not used up

• maintained at length without interruption or weakening

• (of an electric arc) continuous

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• continuing or remaining in a place or state

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted

• a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

• (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• stay put (in a certain place)

• dwell

• continue in a place, position, or situation

• remain behind

• stop or halt

• stay behind

• hang on during a trial of endurance

• stop a judicial process

• fasten with stays

• overcome or allay

• having the characteristics of pitch or tar

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• leave slowly and hesitantly

• dwell

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• take one's time; proceed slowly

• waste time

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• act foolishly, as by talking nonsense

• be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

• to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time

• hang in the air; fly or be suspended above

• be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity

• hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

• a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape

• be lazy or idle

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• be about a place without any apparent purpose