overstays

Outlasts one's welcome

Overstays is the third-person singular of overstay, meaning to remain somewhere beyond the expected or permitted time.

A guest overstays a welcome; a tourist overstays a visa.

He overstays his welcome at every party.

The word implies exceeding limits set by courtesy, law, or circumstance.

immigration

visa

Travel authorization stamp

expired · violation · penalty · fine · ban · extension · immigration · enforcement · status · compliance

lingering

linger

Stay beyond necessity

loiter · dawdle · hang around · drag on · protract · overextend · outlast · persist · remain · continue

unwelcome

uninvited

Without formal welcome

trespasser · nuisance · intrusion · encroachment · presumptuous · bothersome · annoying · inconsiderate · overbearing · pushy

Categories
Opposites
duration of stay

overstayscuts short

Terminates before completion

abbreviates · curtails · shortens · wraps up · takes leave

timing of departure

overstaysslips away

Departs unnoticed, gradually

bolts · flees · clears out

Phrases
Family

overstay, overstayed, overstaying, overstayer, overstayers

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