If you loiter here much longer, people will think you're up to something.
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Loiter
//ˈlɔɪtɚ//
Synonyms for "loiter" (179 found)
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Related words (89)
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monkeymonkey aroundmooch aroundmoonmoon aroundmuckmullpiddleplayplay aroundplay withpokepotterprocrastinateput offputtersauntershilly shallyshilly-shallysit aroundsit tightsit upslouchslouch aroundsmatterstallstand aroundstaystay upstick aroundstraggletake timetarrytimetinkertoytoy withtrailtrail behindtrifletwiddlewaitwait a minutewait and seewaste time
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1 entriesTranslations
83 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μένω verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- veyillənmək verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Bulgarian
2 entries- мотая се verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- разтакавам се verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 遊蕩 /游荡 verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Czech
2 entries- lelkovat verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- okounět verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Dutch
1 entries- rondhangen verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Finnish
4 entries- maleksia verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- munia verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- roikkua verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- seisoksia verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
French
2 entries- flâner verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- traîner verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Galician
1 entries- lacazanear verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
German
4 entries- abhängen verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- gammeln verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- herumgammeln verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- herumhängen verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Hungarian
3 entries- lézeng verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- ácsorog verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- álldogál verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Icelandic
1 entries- slóra verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Italian
4 entries- aggirarsi verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- attardarsi verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- bighellonare verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- gironzolare verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Latin
2 entries- moror verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- sedeo verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Māori
4 entries- karioi verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- mōnaroa verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- paratinaku verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- whakatinaku verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Nepali
1 entries- डुल्नु verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Persian
1 entries- وایستادن verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Polish
4 entries- kręcić się verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- sterczeć verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- szlajać się verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- szwendać się verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Portuguese
1 entries- vadiar verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Russian
3 entries- окола́чиваться verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- ошива́ться verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- торча́ть verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Spanish
4 entries- banderearse verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- holgazanear verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- honguearse verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- merodear verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Swedish
4 entries- driva omkring verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- driva runt verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- drälla verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- hänga verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Tagalog
2 entries- mag-ansikot verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- mag-asikot verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Tamil
1 entries- லாந்து verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Thai
2 entries- ยืนเตร็ดเตร่ verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- ยืนเอ้อระเหย verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Turkish
1 entries- ağır davranmak verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Ukrainian
1 entries- стоя́ти стовпо́м verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Vietnamese
1 entries- la cà verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Walloon
2 entries- holer verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
- trinner verb (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
They don't work, they just loiter in the streets.
Source: tatoeba (12679607)
For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside.
Source: wiktionary
With weary steps I loiter on, Tho’ always under alter’d skies The purple from the distance dies, My prospect and horizon gone.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.