Synonyms for tarry
- abide
- bide
- dally
- drag
- dwell
- filibuster
- lag
- linger
- lodge
- loiter
- pause
- poke
- procrastinate
- remain
- rest
- sojourn
- stall
- stay
- stop
- tail
- temporize
- tool
- trail
- visit
- wait
- drag one's feet
- get no place fast
- goof around
- hang around
- hold the phone
- lose time
- put off
- stick around
- stop over
- take one's time
- warm a chair
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR TARRY
Why should we tarry any longer to see everything moiled and set at nought?
Chip, knowing that his turn had come, and come to tarry, found nothing to say.
Can we not tarry here a little longer while you find the rest you need?
Do you think I could not be permitted to tarry one week longer?
But perchance the tide was favourable, and you could not tarry.
But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there; For why?
Shall we tarry at this house he speaks of, or press forward?
Enter His holy presence, tarry there, and spread your work before Him.
But the Commander-in-Chief must not tarry to bandy compliments.
At noon, I pass by a garden redolent of mystic scents and tarry awhile.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR TARRY
abide
verbstop temporarily and wait forbide
verbwaitdally
verbdawdle, delaydawdle
verbdelay; waste timedawdled
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