HANG AROUND Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

hang around

verb

Definition of hang around

as in to remain

to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time if you hang around until my husband gets home, you can meet him

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Recent Examples of hang around More than any other thing in this race, data centers are the anchor hanging around Husted's neck. — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 The more water that’s hanging around in the fibers of your clothes after the wash, the more time your clothes are going to take to air dry. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2026 Westminster officials also recently warned residents of a bullsnake hanging around Big Dry Creek near City Park, a snake often mistaken for a rattler. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2026 But one of them does get a very important mention, explaining why he won’t be spotted hanging around the Richmond pitch anytime soon. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hang around

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hang around

Verb

Following the closure of Farfetch, LVMH purchased a 60% majority stake in the brand in July 2021, while the remaining 40% remained the property of Abloh, who had become LV men’s creative director in 2018.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
The few remaining workers maintaining the plant, however, received those benefits upon ratification.

— Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of remain

Verb

Jacob Murphy stayed, despite interest from Nottingham Forest.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
And the audience for those games skews young, with more than half of all avid soccer viewers aged 18-to-34, a demographic highly sought by advertisers and one that suggests NBC’s numbers could stay strong for years.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of stay

Verb

As families wait for news about their relatives, damaged roads, power outages and fears of further flooding have hampered rescue efforts.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Marty Zweben Palos Verdes Estates Time for change The Dodgers look completely listless, and waiting for slumping veterans like Teoscar Hernández and Kyle Tucker to snap out of it is a losing strategy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026