hoverer

One who loiters

A hoverer is someone or something that hovers—remaining suspended in place or lingering nearby.

The word often carries a note of intrusion or anxiety: a helicopter hoverer maintains position overhead, while a human hoverer stays uncomfortably close, watching or waiting.

Parents who hover over their children's activities are hoverers: She's such a hoverer—let the kid play.

insect

dragonfly

Large-eyed flying predator

moth · nectar · pollination · wings · flight · proboscis · antennae · midair · darner · hawkmoth

vigilant

watchful

Carefully attentive, observant

overseer · guardian · sentinel · lookout · surveillance · scrutiny · vigilance · attention · presence · spectator

hesitant

indecisive

Unable to make choices

tentative · uncommitted · noncommittal · irresolute · dithering · ambivalent · on the fence · fence-sitter · wishy-washy · hedging

lingering

loiterer

One who lingers aimlessly

idler · lurker · waiter · staller · delayer · procrastinator

drone

quadcopter

Four-rotor aerial vehicle

aerial · propeller · flight · surveillance · remote · pilotless · FPV · stabilization · gimbal · autonomous

Opposites
movement pattern

hoverermover

One who transports belongings

darter · rusher · charger · settler · lander

vertical direction

hovererdiver

One who submerges

plunger · swooper · descender · dropper · sinker

social/psychological behavior

hovererdelegator

One who assigns tasks

absentee · distancer · neglector · ignorer

Phrases
Family

hover, hovering, hovers, hovered, hoverboard, hovercraft, hoverfly, hoverers, hoverbike

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G