linger
Meaning of linger
verb
- To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter.
- To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
- (often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
Information about linger
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of linger is: lingers.
- Languages in which linger is used:
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Hyphenation of linger
linger
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- linger is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
linger synonyms
Meaning loiter:
loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, tarry, lurk
Meaning tarry:
Meaning dawdle:
Meaning hover:
Meaning :
Translation of linger
- Spanish: permanecer, sobrevivir, resistir, pervivir
- French: persister
- Italian: sopravvivere, resistere
Anagrams of linger
girnel, lering, Ringle, ringle
Words that rhyme with linger
Anger, Baranger, Belanger, Beranger, Bolanger, Boulanger, Branger, Clayhanger, Doppelganger, Erlanger, Feuchtwanger, Granger, L'Etranger, Langer, Loranger, Ranger, Sanger, Stavanger, Steinamanger, Stranger, Varanger, anger, arranger, autochanger, banger, bellhanger, blancmanger, boulanger, bushranger, changer, clanger, cliffhanger, crapehanger, crepehanger, danger, deranger, disarranger, doubleganger, endanger, estranger, exchanger, fanger, flanger, footganger, foreganger, franger, gangbanger, ganger, granger, hanger
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