lingerer
One who tarries
A lingerer is someone who stays longer than expected or necessary, often in a place where others have already departed.
The word carries a faint sense of reluctance to leave: A few lingerers remained at the party after midnight.
It can suggest pleasant dawdling or unwelcome overstaying, depending on context.
Delay one's leaving
- dallyLoiter without purpose
- loiterRemain idly in place
- lollygagIdle aimlessly, delay
- dawdleLinger without purpose
straggler · laggard · slowpoke · plodder · procrastinator · time-waster · foot-dragger · delay
Homeless itinerant person
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
- wandererRootless, roving person
- idlerHabitually unproductive person
loafer · hanger-on · skulker · lurker · streetcorner · bystander · straggler · saunterer
Not wanted here
- interloperOne who enters uninvited
- gatecrasherUninvited event attendee
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
encroacher · freeloader · mooch · sponger · hanger-on · barnacle · clinger · leech
Minute remnant or pursue
- vestigeFaint surviving trace
- echoReflected sound wave
- aftereffectDelayed secondary consequence
- residueMatter left behind
remainder · leftover · holdover · relic · ghost · shadow · memory · aftertaste
One with endurance
- holdoutOne refusing to participate
- survivorOne still alive after
- remnantWhat stays after most goes
- holdoverRemainder from prior period
endurer · hanger-on · die-hard · stalwart · steadfast · tenacious · stubborn · resolute
Indecisive person
- vacillatorOne who fluctuates
- dithererPerpetually indecisive person
- fence-sitterOne avoiding commitment
- procrastinatorOne who delays tasks
delayer · staller · indecisive · reluctant · tentative · halting · faltering · uncertain
tarry
Delay one's leaving
dawdle · straggler · laggard · slowpoke · plodder · procrastinator · time-waster · foot-dragger · delay · lag
vagrant
Homeless itinerant person
idler · loafer · hanger-on · skulker · lurker · streetcorner · bystander · straggler · saunterer · flaneur
unwelcome
Not wanted here
- interloperOne who enters uninvited
- gatecrasherUninvited event attendee
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
imposition · encroacher · freeloader · mooch · sponger · hanger-on · barnacle · clinger · leech · parasite
trace
Minute remnant or pursue
- vestigeFaint surviving trace
- echoReflected sound wave
- aftereffectDelayed secondary consequence
residue · remainder · leftover · holdover · relic · ghost · shadow · memory · aftertaste · hangover
stayer
One with endurance
holdover · endurer · hanger-on · die-hard · stalwart · steadfast · tenacious · stubborn · resolute · unwavering
waverer
Indecisive person
- vacillatorOne who fluctuates
- dithererPerpetually indecisive person
- fence-sitterOne avoiding commitment
procrastinator · delayer · staller · indecisive · reluctant · tentative · halting · faltering · uncertain · ambivalent
- lingering personloiterer, dawdler, straggler, overstayer, stayer
- slowpokesslowpoke, slowcoach, dawdler, laggard, straggler
- stragglersslowpoke, laggard, dawdler, latecomer, backmarker
- layaboutsslacker, slackers, deadbeat, deadbeats, loafer
- delayersprocrastinator, staller, dawdler, postponer, foot-dragger
lingerergo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
hustler · mover and shaker · doer · dynamo · self-starter
- lingering doubtsPersistent feelings of uncertainty
- lingering presenceSensation that remains behind
- lingering lookExtended visual attention
- lingering touchExtended gentle contact
- lingering gazeExtended visual attention
- lingering symptoms
linger, lingering, lingers, lingered, lingeringly, lingerers