hovering
Staying in place
Hovering is staying in one place in the air, suspended without landing or moving away.
A hummingbird hovers at a flower; a helicopter hovers over a building.
The word extends to lingering nearby without committing to action: She hovered by the door, unsure whether to enter.
A hovering presence suggests watchfulness that may feel protective or intrusive: helicopter parents hovering over their children.
Remaining beyond expected duration
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- loiteringPurposeless public lingering
- nearbyAt small distance
- closeNearby or to shut
watchful · attentive · shadowing · standing by · at the ready · on standby · circling · around
Having no heft
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
- levitatingSuspended in air
- buoyantAble to float
- waftingFloating through air
drifting · balloon · dust mote · feather · maglev · antigravity · ethereal · gossamer
Uncertain and provisional
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- indecisiveUnable to make choices
- uncertainNot firmly known
- vacillatingSwaying between choices
irresolute · dithering · pausing · faltering · ambivalent · noncommittal · equivocating · teetering
Traveling through air
- midairSuspended in flight
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- hummingbirdSmall nectar-feeding hoverer
- dragonflyLarge-eyed flying predator
glide · soar · wingbeat · flapping · buzzing · butterfly · gyrocopter · rotorcraft
State of awaiting something
- tensionStretched or strained state
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
expectation · ominous · impending · looming · threatening · brooding · menacing · portentous
Four-rotor aerial vehicle
- UAVCrewless aircraft
- unmannedHaving no human aboard
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
remote · rotors · propellers · stabilization · gyroscope · altitude · camera · pilotless
lingering
Remaining beyond expected duration
close · watchful · attentive · shadowing · standing by · at the ready · on standby · circling · around · present
weightless
Having no heft
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
- levitatingSuspended in air
- buoyantAble to float
wafting · drifting · balloon · dust mote · feather · maglev · antigravity · ethereal · gossamer · dandelion seed
tentative
Uncertain and provisional
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- indecisiveUnable to make choices
- uncertainNot firmly known
vacillating · irresolute · dithering · pausing · faltering · ambivalent · noncommittal · equivocating · teetering · reluctant
airborne
Traveling through air
- midairSuspended in flight
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- hummingbirdSmall nectar-feeding hoverer
dragonfly · glide · soar · wingbeat · flapping · buzzing · butterfly · gyrocopter · rotorcraft · levitation
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- tensionStretched or strained state
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
apprehension · expectation · ominous · impending · looming · threatening · brooding · menacing · portentous · brewing
quadcopter
Four-rotor aerial vehicle
surveillance · remote · rotors · propellers · stabilization · gyroscope · altitude · camera · pilotless · videography
- bird traitsfeathered, plumed, plumage, plumaged, beaky
- interferenceinterfering, meddling, intruding, butting in, obstructing
- dronesUAV, quadcopter, drone operator, camera drone, hexacopter
- weightlessnesszero gravity, zero-g, microgravity, weightless, weightlessness
- astral projectionastral projection, astral travel, astral plane, astral body, out-of-body experience
- Bird Pollinationhummingbird, hummingbirds, sunbird, sunbirds, honeyeater
hoveringgrounded
Stable and realistic
landed · resting · settled · touching down · earthbound
hoveringhands-off
Not directly involved
distant · backing off · uninvolved · giving space · absent
hover, hovers, hovered, hoverboard, hovercraft, hoverfly, hove, hoverbike