fill time

VERB

sit tight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

stick around

WEAK

anticipate bide one's time cool it hang around hang out hold on hold the phone keep your shirt on lie in wait lie low linger mark time put on hold stall stand by stay put

VERB

wait

Synonyms

STRONGEST

await delay expect hang linger remain stand by stay stick around watch

STRONG

abide anticipate bide dally foresee stall tarry

WEAK

bide one's time cool it hang around hang onto your hat hang out hold back hold everything hold on hold the phone hole up keep shirt on lie in wait lie low look for look forward to mark time put on hold save it sit tight sit up for stay up for sweat it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advance go hurry leave rush

STRONG

carry on move

WEAK

carry out do forge forward go ahead

Example Sentences

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Watching people talk onscreen is not inherently interesting, especially when the dialogue exists to fill time instead of moving the plot forward.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025

Life feels like a performance, an effort to fill time with distractions so as not to focus on the void that defines it.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

The referees have developed a long list of activities to fill time, including billiards, dominoes, ping-pong, H-O-R-S-E, fishing and spikeball.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2020

Maine man, Erik Poland, was out fishing for salmon July 2 as a way to fill time when he landed the catch of his dreams.

From Fox News • Jul. 8, 2020

I reckon I started doing it to fill time.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

fill time

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