Linger

What do we mean by linger?

To stay in a place or be slow in leaving it, often out of reluctance: synonym: stay. intransitive verb

To continue or persist. intransitive verb

To remain feebly alive for some time before dying. intransitive verb

To proceed slowly; saunter. intransitive verb

To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion. intransitive verb

To make long; prolong; protract; delay; put off; defer.

To spend in an inactive or tedious manner; drag: with out, and sometimes away.

To remain in a place or a state for an unusual, undue, or unexpected length of time; defer action, movement, decision, etc., either from inclination or necessity; hold back; tarry; delay; loiter.

To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. intransitive verb

To protract; to draw out. transitive verb

To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out. transitive verb

To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so. verb

To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually. verb

To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytical thinking or discussion. verb

Move to and fro verb

Remain present although waning or gradually dying verb

Be about verb

Take one's time; proceed slowly verb

Leave slowly and hesitantly 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.

Words that are spelled similarly to linger:
linger, finger, liner, ginger, singer, ringer, longer, zinger, pinger, liger, winger, slinger, linter, binger, linker, ligger, dinger, clinger, langer, inger, lunger, linder, flinger, klinger, minger, lieger, lingel, lenger, tinger, linget, linge, hinger, lingen, vinger, olinger, linier.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word linger:
awhile, luge, lupe, fiasco, mundane, crust, zombie, minds, shadows, jacobs, vic, forever, brandon, mind, dreams, spirits, sebastian, thoughts, longer, memory, chorus, memories, atmosphere, newport, moment, iranian, sing, commune, moments, long, grace, surname, your, margin, detail, landscape, coffee, slowly, winter, our, sam, shall, guy.

Words that rhyme with linger:
finger, singer, ringer, stringer, zinger, swinger, stinger, springer, pinger, gunslinger, winger, slinger, wringer, forefinger, binger, dinger, clinger, inger, klinger, bell ringer, dead ringer, goldfinger, minger, ring finger, right-winger, index finger, schwinger, little finger, torch singer, fish finger, left-winger, middle finger, folk singer, lieder singer, english springer, extreme right-winger, ratzinger, leftwinger, ingar, anything her, bring her, everything her, fling her, ging er, gumbinger, herrlinger, herzlinger, ing her, king her, petzinger, ping her, ring her, sindlinger, sing her, sling her, spring her, sting her, string her, swing her, thing her, ting her, wing her, wring her, yinger.

Adjectives that are often used to describe linger:
long, few, little, longer, bal, many, old, past, middle, mournful, dead, last, learned, light, still, ancient, sun, unhappy, twilight, reluctant, cold, earlier, fancy, dost, colonial, sainted, older, brush, divine, ever, bared, left, fourth, hot, spiritual, nerveless, evil, hippocampus, magic, hen, must, handed, adequate, sanskrit, exquisite, speaking, abstract, patient, bloodstream, grand, bol, sadness, aged, presentive.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective linger:
awhile, traces, near, today, memories, behind, briefly, ellison, overhead, death, half, beauties, traditions, legends, survivals, effects, outside, north, longer, life, something, things, seconds, will, conceits.

Consonant match to linger:
lingo, longer, langer, lunger, longo, lango, lenger, lang e, ling a, long go, long her.

Words that sound like linger:
linger, longer, linker, langur, langar, lunker, lenker, lingers, lingered, liger, ligger, linga, lingerer, lanker, lingard, ligar, lingue, legger, lugger, lunger, lenger, legere, lenga, leggere, hunger, liquor, link, younger, lingo, lager, linear, licker, logger, luger, liqueur, blinker, lagger, lugar, langer, leaguer, langour, loger, clinker, lemar, linky, clangor, linc, longa, longue, linke, liquore, licor, limmer, lync, langa, lnk, lynk, slinker, klinker, laager, linck, linier, logar, longueur, linkers, lemoore, longi, leiger, limar, plonger, linq, plinker, langure, lieger, langered, lineare, lnc, finger, winker, fingere, lamar, lenore, clunker, lucker, lanier, lekker, lenka, lenk, lunga, lamarr, lemmer, lecker, flunker, lennar, lacr, lehner, lungo, klunker, luchar, lehmer.