hoverers
Those staying aloft
Hoverers are people or things that hover—remaining suspended in place or lingering nearby without settling.
The word most often describes people who stay close in an anxious or watchful way: The hoverers around the buffet table made it hard to get food.
Helicopter parents are classic hoverers, unable to give their children space.
Those who linger aimlessly
- dawdlersThose who move slowly
- waitersDining room attendants
- lurkersThose who observe unseen
- hangers-onThose who cling opportunistically
idlers · stallers · delayers · procrastinators · drifters · malingerers · stragglers · laggards
Slow to act
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
- uncertainNot firmly known
- undecidedNot having chosen
vacillating · irresolute · dithering · faltering · equivocating · noncommittal · teetering · fluctuating
Tiny hovering nectar feeders
- beesWinged pollinators
- dragonfliesLarge hovering predatory insects
- hoverfliesFlies mimicking stinging insects
- butterfliesFluttering insects or nervousness
moths · kestrels · kingfishers · sunbirds · sphinxes
Rotorcraft that hover
- dronesUnmanned aerial vehicles
- quadcoptersFour-rotor unmanned aircraft
- UAVsPilotless aerial vehicles
- VTOLPerpendicular takeoff ability
gyrocopters · blimps · zeppelins · airships · harriers · ospreys · chinooks · hexacopters
Those who watch events
- sentinelsGuards keeping watch
- guardiansThose who protect others
- lookoutsThose who watch ahead
- monitorsTracks or displays
overseers · scouts · wardens · supervisors · patrols · inspectors · custodians · watchers
loiterers
Those who linger aimlessly
hangers-on · idlers · stallers · delayers · procrastinators · drifters · malingerers · stragglers · laggards · lingerers
hesitant
Slow to act
undecided · vacillating · irresolute · dithering · faltering · equivocating · noncommittal · teetering · fluctuating · fence-sitters
hummingbirds
Tiny hovering nectar feeders
- beesWinged pollinators
- dragonfliesLarge hovering predatory insects
- hoverfliesFlies mimicking stinging insects
butterflies · moths · kestrels · kingfishers · sunbirds · sphinxes
helicopters
Rotorcraft that hover
- dronesUnmanned aerial vehicles
- quadcoptersFour-rotor unmanned aircraft
- UAVsPilotless aerial vehicles
VTOL · gyrocopters · blimps · zeppelins · airships · harriers · ospreys · chinooks · hexacopters · octocopters
observers
Those who watch events
monitors · overseers · scouts · wardens · supervisors · patrols · inspectors · custodians · watchers · scrutinizers
hoverersparticipants
Those actively involved
leavers · committers · plungers · joiners · absentees