Fadil didn't linger in the area.
Source: tatoeba (5871900)
Linger
//ˈlɪŋɡɚ//
Synonyms for "linger" (127 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (63)
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More general
14 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
8 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
122 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χρονίζω verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Asturian
1 entries- atalantar verb (to consider or contemplate)
Bulgarian
3 entries- задържам се verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- заседявам се verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- обмислям verb (to consider or contemplate)
Catalan
4 entries- durar verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- persistir verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- perviure verb (to remain alive or existent)
- romandre verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 流連 /流连 verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- 深思 verb (to consider or contemplate)
- 猶豫 /犹豫 verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- 苟延殘喘 /苟延残喘 verb (to remain alive or existent)
Czech
4 entries- prodlévat verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- promýšlet si verb (to consider or contemplate)
- přežívat verb (to remain alive or existent)
- uvažovat verb (to consider or contemplate)
Dutch
4 entries- aanslepen verb (to remain alive or existent)
- blijven hangen verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- talmen verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- treuzelen verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Esperanto
1 entries- resti verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Finnish
4 entries- riutua verb (to remain alive or existent)
- tuumiskella verb (to consider or contemplate)
- viipyillä verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- viipyä verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
French
4 entries- perdurer verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- persister verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- rester verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- s'incruster verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
German
4 entries- Zeit brauchen verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- aushalten verb (to remain alive or existent)
- ausharren verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- ausharren verb (to remain alive or existent)
Hebrew
2 entries- הִתְמַהְמֵהַּ verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- הִתְעַכֵּב verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Hungarian
2 entries- időzik verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- marad verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Ido
4 entries- durar verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- langorar verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- restar verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- tardigar verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Ingrian
1 entries- kähnätä verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Italian
4 entries- attardarsi verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- indugiare verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- protrarsi verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- restare vivo verb (to remain alive or existent)
Kazakh
1 entries- кідіру verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Latin
3 entries- cunctor verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- moror verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- sedeo verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Macedonian
4 entries- о́бмисли verb (to consider or contemplate)
- про́мисли verb (to consider or contemplate)
- ра́змисли verb (to consider or contemplate)
- се вле́чка verb (to remain alive or existent)
Māori
2 entries- whakahakune verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- whakawhēauau verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- dvele verb (to consider or contemplate)
Portuguese
2 entries- ficar verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- permanecer verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Romanian
3 entries- rămâne verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- sta verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- zăbovi verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Russian
4 entries- анализировать verb (to consider or contemplate)
- заде́рживаться verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- обдумывать verb (to consider or contemplate)
- протя́гивать verb (to remain alive or existent)
Spanish
4 entries- demorar verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- inquirir verb (to consider or contemplate)
- perdurar verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- permanecer verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Swedish
4 entries- bestå verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- dröja kvar verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- fortleva verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- leva kvar verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Turkish
2 entries- durmak verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
- oyalanmak verb (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
I think I'll just linger awhile.
Source: tatoeba (6577062)
"But linger thou, nor count thy lingering vain, / though comrades chide, and breezes woo the fleet. / Approach the prophetess; with prayer unchain / her voice to speak."
Source: tatoeba (7144744)
Make haste, and go ye up to my father, and say to him: Thus saith thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord of the whole land of Egypt; come down to me, linger not.
Source: tatoeba (7899855)
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