hangs about
The phrase “hangs about” has 3 syllables: hangs-a-bout
It's pronounced as /hæŋz əˈbaʊt/
What is synonym and antonym for hangs about?
In the thesaurus, “hangs about” has 69 synonyms and 21 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for hangs about along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for hangs about
- abide
- aestivates
- affect
- ambles
- bums
- chills
- dallies
- dally
- dawdles
- dillydallies
- doodles
- dozes
- drones
- estivates
- fools
- fools around
- footles
- frequent
- fribbles
- furloughs
- get along with
- goldbricks
- haunt
- have relations with
- hibernates
- horses around
- idles
- kicks around
- kicks back
- kills time
- lags
- lazes
- lazies
- linger
- lingers
- live
- loafs
- loiter
- loiters
- lolls
- lounges
- malingers
- messes
- messes around
- monkeys
- moseys
- mucks
- piddles
- plays
- pokes
- relaxes
- reside
- resort
- rests
- roam
- saunters
- spend time
- stand around
- strolls
- swans
- swell
- tarries
- tarry
- tinkers
- trifles
- truants
- veges out
- vegges out
- waste time
Antonyms for hangs about
- applies
- condemn
- drudges
- exerts
- grinds
- grubs
- humps
- hustles
- knuckles down
- labors
- moils
- pegs
- plods
- plows
- plugs
- puts out
- slaves
- sweats
- toils
- travails
- works
Example Sentences
- He usually hangs about the park after school, waiting for his friends.
- She often hangs about the kitchen, looking for something to eat.
- The dog hangs about the door whenever someone is about to leave.
- He hangs about the coffee shop, hoping to run into someone he knows.
- She hangs about the bookstore, browsing the shelves for hours.
On this page you'll find 90 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hangs about, such as: abide, aestivates, affect, ambles, applies, bums, chills.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
dabbles
dallies
- aestivates
- ambles
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- chills
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- gambols
- goldbricks
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- kids
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- lags
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- lazes
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- loafs
- loiters
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- lumbers
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- manipulates
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- monkeys
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idles
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- chills
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- fools
- footles
- furloughs
- goldbricks
- hangs about
- hibernates
- kicks around
- kicks back
- kills time
- lags
- lazes
- lazies
- lingers
- loafs
- loiters
- lolls
- lounges
- malingers
- messes
- monkeys
- moseys
- mucks
- piddles
- plays
- pokes
- relaxes
- rests
- saunters
- strolls
- swans
- tarries
- trifles
- truants
- veges out
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dawdles
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- footles
- fritter away
- furloughs
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- goldbricks
- goof off
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- hangs about
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- hibernates
- idle
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- inches
- kicks around
- kicks back
- kills time
- lag
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- laze
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- loaf
- loafs
- loiter
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- loll
- lolls
- lollygags
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- lumbers
- malingers
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- monkeys
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- mucks
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- plays
- plods
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- relaxes
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- shuffles
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- staggers
- stalls
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- stroll
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- swans
- tarries
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- temporizes
- toddle
- trifle
- trifles
- truants
- veges out
- vegges out
- wait
- warm a chair
kicks around
- absorbs
- abuses
- aestivates
- ambles
- analyzes
- assimilates
- bats
- believes
- brutalizes
- bullies
- bums
- burns
- chews on
- chews over
- chills
- cogitates
- conceives
- concludes
- considers
- contemplates
- cruises
- dallies
- dawdles
- debates
- deliberates
- digests
- dillydallies
- doodles
- dozes
- drifts
- drones
- entertains
- estivates
- explores
- eyes
- floats
- fools
- fools around
- footles
- fribbles
- furloughs
- galavants
- gallivants
- goldbricks
- gypsies
- hangs about
- harasses
- harms
- hibernates
- hobos
- horses around
- hurts
- idles
- ill-treats
- ill-uses
- injures
- kicks back
- kills time
- lags
- lazes
- lazies
- lingers
- loafs
- loiters
- lolls
- looks at
- lounges
- malingers
- maltreats
- manhandles
- maunders
- meanders
- meditates
- messes
- messes around
- messes over
- mishandles
- mistreats
- misuses
- molests
- monkeys
- mooches
- mopes
- moseys
- mucks
- opines
- oppresses
- outrages
- perpends
- persecutes
- piddles
- plays
- pokes
- ponders
- questions
- rambles
- ranges
- reasons
- relaxes
- reminisces
- rests
- reviews
- revolves
- roams
- roves
- ruminates
- sandbags
- saunters
- second-guesses
- straggles
- strays
- strolls
- studies
- swans
- takes apart
- tarries
- tinkers
- torments
- tortures
- traipses
- tramps
- trifles
- truants
- turns
- vagabonds
- veges out
- vegges out
- victimizes
- violates
- wanders
- weighs
- wrongs