Synonyms of linger

1 Syllable

staying, poke, drift, stay, stop, stayed, plod, mope, trail, crawl, mull, clung, lag, stroll, loll, slouch, cling, bide, tool, wait

2 Syllables

idled, strolling, waited, braze, drifting, biding, dawdle, loiter, ankled, dally, hobble, shuffle, lumber, bided, brazed, waiting, idle, tarried, putter, tarrying, totter, mulling, traipse, loiters, amble, falter, tarry, persist, sticking, drifted, mulled, hovers, dallied, passed, trudge, moseyed, inched, stagger, hover, remain, mosey, strolled, trailed, lagged, trifle, saunter, brazing

3 Syllables

hovering, bivouacking, loitered, boondoggling, bivouacked, remained, loitering, woolgather, continue, hovered, persisted, continued, sauntered, sauntering, perdure, persisting

4 Syllables

dillydally, vacationed, rescheduling, go-that-a-way, dilly-dally, reschedule, hesitate, hesitated, dilly-dallying, vacillate

5 Syllables

procrastinated, perseverate, procrastinate, procrastinating