hover
Stay in place
To hover is to remain suspended in air or stay in one place without moving far.
A helicopter hovers; a hummingbird hovers at a flower.
The word extends to lingering nearby: She hovered by the door, waiting for news.
In computing, to hover is to position a cursor over an element without clicking: Hover over the icon to see the tooltip.
Someone who hovers pays excessive attention, often unwanted: Stop hovering—I can handle this myself.
Float in air
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- hangSuspend from above
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
- driftGradual movement, no direction
glide · waft · bob · buoyancy · weightless · zero-gravity · mid-air · airborne
Stay beyond necessity
- lurkHide while observing
- loiterRemain idly in place
- hang aroundRemain somewhere idly
- waitDelay until later
stand by · shadow · haunt · skulk · prowl · mill about · circle · orbit
Hesitate or fluctuate
- hesitatePause in uncertainty
- vacillateWaver between choices
- ditherNervous inability to choose
- falterLose momentum or steadiness
pause · linger · teeter · hang back · equivocate · shilly-shally · oscillate · fluctuate
Small nectar-feeding hoverer
- dragonflyLarge-eyed flying predator
- kestrelSmall falcon, aerial hoverer
- kingfisherDiving bird, vivid plumage
- beeStinging nectar gatherer
helicopter · drone · wings · wingbeat · stationary · aerial · flap · flutter
levitate
Float in air
drift · glide · waft · bob · buoyancy · weightless · zero-gravity · mid-air · airborne · maglev
linger
Stay beyond necessity
- lurkHide while observing
- loiterRemain idly in place
- hang aroundRemain somewhere idly
wait · stand by · shadow · haunt · skulk · prowl · mill about · circle · orbit · near
waver
Hesitate or fluctuate
falter · pause · linger · teeter · hang back · equivocate · shilly-shally · oscillate · fluctuate · hem and haw
hummingbird
Small nectar-feeding hoverer
- dragonflyLarge-eyed flying predator
- kestrelSmall falcon, aerial hoverer
- kingfisherDiving bird, vivid plumage
bee · helicopter · drone · wings · wingbeat · stationary · aerial · flap · flutter · whir
pointer
Reference to memory location
mouseover · highlight · select · click · trackpad · touchpad · UI · interface · menu · dropdown
- vivid verbsshimmer, sparkle, gleam, glisten, glitter
- Floatingfloat, floating, afloat, drift, drifting
- Anti-Gravityzero-g, weightlessness, levitation, floating, repulsor
- dronesUAV, quadcopter, drone operator, camera drone, hexacopter
- flight propertiesairspeed, altitude, speed, velocity, lift
- input actionsclick, tap, swipe, drag, press
- hovering parent
- hover carLevitating personal vehicle
- hover handsHands suspended near, not on
- hover in place
- hover bikeLevitating personal vehicle
- hover textText shown on cursor rest
hovering, hovers, hovered, hoverboard, hovercraft, hoverer, hoverfly, hoverers, hoverflies