Thesaurus / loitering
FEEDBACK- easy
- gradual
- heavy
- lackadaisical
- leisurely
- lethargic
- moderate
- passive
- quiet
- reluctant
- sluggish
- stagnant
- crawling
- creeping
- dawdling
- delaying
- deliberate
- disinclined
- idle
- lagging
- measured
- plodding
- postponing
- procrastinating
- slack
- apathetic
- bit-by-bit
- dilatory
- dreamy
- drowsy
- imperceptible
- inactive
- indolent
- inert
- laggard
- leaden
- listless
- negligent
- phlegmatic
- ponderous
- remiss
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow-moving
- snaillike
- supine
- tardy
- torpid
- tortoiselike
- tardy
- 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
- 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
- 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
- belated
- delayed
- delinquent
- overdue
- sluggish
- backward
- behindhand
- dawdling
- detained
- dilatory
- held up
- hung up
- in a bind
- jammed
- laggard
- not arrived
- not done
- procrastinating
- slack
- slow
- strapped for time
- too late
- unpunctual
- dinky
- empty
- hollow
- idle
- idling
- minuscule
- niggling
- petty
- piddling
- shallow
- silly
- slight
- small
- banal
- forget it
- frivolous
- inane
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- insipid
- jejune
- measly
- negligible
- no big deal
- no big thing
- nugatory
- paltry
- picayune
- puny
- tiny
- trivial
- unimportant
- vain
- valueless
- vapid
- delay
- idling
- loafing
- playing
- poking
- procrastination
- toying
- trifling
- dabbling
- delaying
- dilly-dallying
- frittering
- frivoling
- procrastinating
- lag
- moratorium
- postponement
- problem
- setback
- stoppage
- suspension
- wait
- adjournment
- bind
- check
- cunctation
- dawdling
- demurral
- detention
- discontinuation
- downtime
- filibuster
- hindrance
- holding
- impediment
- interval
- jam
- lingering
- logjam
- obstruction
- procrastination
- prorogation
- remission
- reprieve
- retardation
- showstopper
- stall
- stay
- stop
- surcease
- tarrying
- tie up
- cooling-off period
- hangup
- holding pattern
- holdup
- putting off
- retardment
- dawdling
- dormancy
- droning
- hibernation
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stupor
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- dilly-dallying
- goof-off time
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- vegetating
- lethargy
- sluggishness
- stagnation
- dawdling
- dormancy
- droning
- hibernation
- idleness
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- leisure
- loafing
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- stupor
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- dilly-dallying
- goof-off time
- inoperativeness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- vegetating
- dawdling
- dormancy
- droning
- hibernation
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stagnation
- stupor
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- dilly-dallying
- goof-off time
- inoperativeness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- vegetating
- 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
- 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
- cooling-off period
- hangup
- holding pattern
- putting off
- retardment
- tarrying
antonyms for loitering
MOST RELEVANT
- active
- complex
- complicated
- energetic
- enthusiastic
- intricate
- lively
- moving
- busy
- cognizant
- fast
- hurried
- intelligent
- on time
- quick
- rapid
- ready
- smart
- waiting
- continuation
- advance
- aid
- assistance
- beginning
- go
- help
- liberation
- promotion
- support
- dispatch
- expedition
- furtherance
- hastening
- hurry
- rush
- speed
- activity
- energy
- life
- liveliness
- vigor
- action
- ambition
- busyness
- diligence
- employment
- hustle
- industry
- labor
- occupation
- work
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use loitering in a sentence
These minor offenses include encroachment, loitering, illegal lodging and other activities associated with being homeless.
HOMES NOT JAILS: SAFETY THROUGH SERVICESTERRA LAWSON-REMER AND GLORIA CRUZ CARDENASOCTOBER 23, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOIn addition to the drone swarm and underwater robots, the exercise featured a human-portable loitering munition, a kind of semi-autonomous flying weapon that can receive orders from a human operator to attack a selected target.
DRONES COULD HELP SAVE SOLDIERS’ LIVES BY DELIVERING BLOOD ON DEMANDROB VERGERJULY 25, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEWe’re loitering up top when we see, rising from behind a knuckle of rock, the telltale dust cloud of our truck spinning its wheels.
ON MOUNTAIN BIKES IN THE UTAH DESERT, A COLLEGE REUNION LIKE NO OTHERJOHN BRILEYNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThey could not have been nicer, and they sent an officer by and presumably told the kids not to loiter in the parking lot, and the kids left the area.
HINTS FROM HELOISE: A SAFE THANKSGIVING PROBABLY WON’T BE A TRADITIONAL ONEHELOISE HELOISENOVEMBER 12, 2020WASHINGTON POSTMany officers concluded it wasn’t worth the hassle to arrest someone for relatively minor offenses, such as public disturbance or loitering, the former officer said.
WHAT CAN MAYORS DO WHEN THE POLICE STOP DOING THEIR JOBS?BY ALEC MACGILLISSEPTEMBER 3, 2020PROPUBLICAThey were slowing down at a station and there were no less than three picturesque looking young fellows loitering about the place.
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLELAURA LEE HOPEThen off would roam Sally, perhaps loitering around fair Ingleside, or returning to her beloved pine woods and leafy oak-tree.
MAID SALLYHARRIET A. CHEEVERShe tried to drop behind; but the team had an infinite capacity for loitering.
EARTH'S ENIGMASCHARLES G. D. ROBERTSHe was a bird of affairs; he had too much on his mind for loitering.
IN NESTING TIMEOLIVE THORNE MILLERShe questioned a peasant who was loitering near the drawbridge.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAYWORDS RELATED TO LOITERING
- adjournment
- bind
- check
- cooling-off period
- cunctation
- dawdling
- demurral
- detention
- discontinuation
- downtime
- filibuster
- hangup
- hindrance
- holding
- holding pattern
- holdup
- impediment
- interval
- jam
- lag
- lingering
- logjam
- loitering
- moratorium
- obstruction
- postponement
- problem
- procrastination
- prorogation
- putting off
- remission
- reprieve
- retardation
- retardment
- setback
- showstopper
- stall
- stay
- stop
- stoppage
- surcease
- suspension
- tarrying
- tie up
- wait
- adjournments
- binds
- checks
- cooling-off periods
- cunctations
- dawdlings
- demurrals
- detentions
- discontinuation
- downtime
- filibusters
- hangups
- hindrances
- hold-ups
- holding patterns
- holdings
- impediments
- intervals
- jams
- lags
- lingerings
- logjams
- loiterings
- moratoriums
- obstructions
- postponements
- problems
- procrastination
- prorogations
- putting offs
- remissions
- reprieves
- retardations
- retardments
- setbacks
- showstoppers
- stalls
- stays
- stoppages
- stops
- surcease
- suspensions
- tarryings
- tie-ups
- waits
- dawdling
- dilly-dallying
- dormancy
- droning
- goof-off time
- hibernation
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- loitering
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stupor
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- vegetating
- dawdling
- dilly-dallying
- dormancy
- droning
- goof-off time
- hibernation
- idleness
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- inoperativeness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- loitering
- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.