Word Meanings - LINGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. Gray. Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained.

Additional info about word: LINGER

To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. Gray. Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. Milton. Syn. -- To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LINGER)

• Dwell
• Stop
• stay
• rest
• inhabit
• sojourn
• lodge
• linger
• tarry
• live
• reside
• abide
• Lag
• Loiter
• saunter
• dally
• Idle
• Saunter
• Roam
• loiter
• stroll
• wander
• lag
• dawdle
• lounge
• Tarry
• Rest
• halt
• flag
• continue
• remain
• delay
• stop

Related words: (words related to LINGER)

• INHABITATE
  To inhabit.
• INHABITATIVENESS
  A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country.
• WANDERMENT
  The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
• ABIDER
  1. One who abides, or continues. "Speedy goers and strong abiders." Sidney. 2. One who dwells; a resident. Speed.
• DALLY
  trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol 1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle. We have trifled too long already;
• TARRY
  Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
• LINGERING
  1. Delaying. 2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler.
• INHABITANCE; INHABITANCY
  The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy. (more info) 1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of
• RESIDE
  1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time. At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana. Shak. In no fixed place
• RESIDENTIAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade. 2. Residing; residentiary.
• INHABITATION
  1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling. The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost. Bp. Pearson. 2. Abode; place of dwelling; residence. Milton. 3. Population; inhabitants. Sir T. Browne. The beginning of nations and
• WANDEROO
  A large monkey native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other
• RESIDENTIARYSHIP
  The office or condition of a residentiary.
• REMAIN
  re- + manere to stay, remain. See Mansion, and cf. Remainder, 1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not
• LOITERER
  1. One who loiters; an idler. 2. An idle vagrant; a tramp. Bp. Sanderson.
• LODGEABLE
  1. That may be or can be lodged; as, so many persons are not lodgeable in this village. 2. Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in. " The lodgeable area of the earth." Jeffrey.
• INHABITED
  Uninhabited. Brathwait.
• LOUNGER
  One who lounges; ar idler.
• WANDERINGLY
  In a wandering manner.
• INHABITANT
  One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident. (more info) 1. One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city,
• INDWELLING
  Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South.
• FORWANDER
  To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
• OVERLINGER
  To cause to linger; to detain too long. Fuller.
• PRESIDENT
  Precedent. Bacon.
• UNLODGE
  To dislodge; to deprive of lodgment. Carew.
• DISCONTINUE
  To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school