hang around

The phrase “hang around” has 3 syllables: hang a-round

It's pronounced as /hæŋ əˈraʊnd/


What is synonym and antonym for hang around?

In the thesaurus, “hang around” has 29 synonyms and 37 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for hang around along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for hang around

Antonyms for hang around

Meanings of hang around

  • verb
    1. To stay, linger or loiter.
    2. To spend time or be friends (especially to hang around with someone).

Example Sentences

  • He decided to hang around the park, hoping to see his friends.
  • We like to hang around the coffee shop on weekends to relax.
  • It's not a good idea to hang around the construction site for safety reasons.
  • She didn’t have any plans, so she decided to just hang around at home.
  • The kids like to hang around the playground after school.

On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hang around, such as: abandon, abide, abscond, affect, await, bail, bail out.

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Related Words

abide

  • absorb
  • accept
  • acknowledge
  • acquiesce
  • allow
  • anticipate
  • await
  • be big about
  • bear
  • bear with
  • bide
  • brook
  • bunk
  • bunk out
  • capitulate
  • carry through
  • cohabit
  • concede
  • consent
  • continue
  • countenance
  • crash
  • dally
  • dawdle
  • defer
  • dwell
  • endure
  • expect
  • frequent
  • go
  • hack
  • handle
  • hang around
  • hang in
  • hang in there
  • hang on
  • hang out
  • hang tough
  • haunt
  • hold on
  • hold up
  • inhabit
  • keep on
  • keep up
  • last
  • lease
  • linger
  • live
  • live with
  • lodge
  • loiter
  • meet
  • nest
  • occupy
  • outstay
  • overstay
  • pause
  • people
  • perch
  • perdure
  • permit
  • persevere
  • persist
  • pocket
  • populate
  • prevail
  • put up with
  • receive
  • remain
  • rent
  • reside
  • respect
  • rest
  • room
  • roost
  • run on
  • settle
  • sit tight
  • sojourn
  • squat
  • stand
  • stand for
  • stay
  • stick around
  • stick out
  • stomach
  • stop
  • sublet
  • suffer
  • support
  • survive
  • sustain
  • swallow
  • sweat out
  • take
  • tarry
  • tenant
  • tolerate
  • tough it out
  • visit
  • wait
  • wear
  • withstand

accompanies

  • add
  • appear with
  • append
  • associate with
  • associates
  • attend
  • attends
  • be connected
  • belong to
  • brings
  • chances
  • chaperon
  • chaperones
  • chaperons
  • characterize
  • co-occur
  • co-occurs
  • coexist
  • coexists
  • coincide with
  • coincides
  • come along
  • come with
  • companies
  • companions
  • complete
  • concurs
  • conduct
  • conducts
  • consort
  • consorts
  • convoy
  • convoys
  • date
  • defends
  • dog
  • draft
  • drag
  • escort
  • escorts
  • follow
  • follows
  • go along
  • go together
  • guard
  • guards
  • guide
  • guides
  • hang around with
  • hang out
  • happen with
  • happens
  • haps
  • join with
  • keep company
  • lead
  • leads
  • look after
  • occur with
  • pilots
  • protects
  • sees
  • shadow
  • shadows
  • shlep along
  • show about
  • show around
  • spook
  • squire
  • squires
  • steers
  • stick to
  • string along
  • supplement
  • synchronizes
  • tag along
  • tags
  • tags along
  • tailgate
  • tails
  • take out
  • take place with
  • transpires
  • usher
  • ushers
  • walks

accompany

  • add
  • appear with
  • append
  • associate
  • associate with
  • attend
  • be connected
  • belong to
  • bring
  • chance
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • characterize
  • co-occur
  • coexist
  • coincide
  • coincide with
  • come along
  • come with
  • companion
  • company
  • complete
  • concur
  • conduct
  • consort
  • convoy
  • date
  • defend
  • dog
  • draft
  • drag
  • escort
  • follow
  • go along
  • go together
  • guard
  • guide
  • hang around with
  • hang out
  • hap
  • happen
  • happen with
  • join with
  • keep company
  • lead
  • look after
  • occur with
  • pilot
  • protect
  • see
  • shadow
  • shlep along
  • show about
  • show around
  • spook
  • squire
  • steer
  • stick to
  • string along
  • supplement
  • synchronize
  • tag
  • tag along
  • tail
  • tailgate
  • take out
  • take place with
  • transpire
  • usher
  • walk

dawdle

dawdled

  • aestivated
  • amble
  • ambled
  • bum around
  • bummed
  • chilled
  • crawled
  • crept
  • dallied
  • dally
  • decelerated
  • delayed
  • diddle-daddle
  • diddled
  • dilly-dally
  • dillydallied
  • dozed
  • drag
  • dragged
  • droned
  • dropped behind
  • eased
  • estivated
  • fell behind
  • filibustered
  • fool around
  • fooled
  • fooled around
  • footled
  • fritter away
  • furloughed
  • get no place fast
  • goldbricked
  • goof off
  • hang around
  • hang out
  • hibernated
  • hung about
  • hung fire
  • idle
  • idled
  • inched
  • kicked around
  • kicked back
  • killed time
  • lag
  • lagged
  • lallygagged
  • laze
  • lazed
  • lazied
  • lazy
  • lingered
  • loaf
  • loafed
  • loiter
  • loitered
  • loll
  • lolled
  • lollygagged
  • lounge
  • lounged
  • lumbered
  • malingered
  • marked time
  • messed
  • messed around
  • monkeyed
  • moped
  • mosey
  • moseyed
  • mucked
  • piddled
  • played
  • plodded
  • poke
  • poked
  • procrastinate
  • procrastinated
  • put off
  • relaxed
  • rested
  • saunter
  • sauntered
  • scrounge around
  • shilly-shallied
  • shlep along
  • shuffled
  • sit around
  • staggered
  • stalled
  • stay
  • stroll
  • strolled
  • swanned
  • tarried
  • tarry
  • temporized
  • toddle
  • trifle
  • trifled
  • truanted
  • vegged out
  • wait
  • warm a chair

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