hang about
The phrase “hang about” has 3 syllables: hang a-bout
It's pronounced as /hæŋ əˈbaʊt/
What is synonym and antonym for hang about?
In the thesaurus, “hang about” has 64 synonyms and 21 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for hang about along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for hang about
- abide
- aestivate
- affect
- amble
- bum
- chill
- dally
- dawdle
- dillydally
- doodle
- doze
- drone
- estivate
- fool
- fool around
- footle
- frequent
- fribble
- furlough
- get along with
- goldbrick
- haunt
- have relations with
- hibernate
- horse around
- idle
- kick around
- kick back
- kill time
- lag
- laze
- lazy
- linger
- live
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- lounge
- malinger
- mess
- mess around
- monkey
- mosey
- muck
- piddle
- play
- poke
- relax
- reside
- resort
- rest
- roam
- saunter
- spend time
- stand around
- stroll
- swan
- swell
- tarry
- tinker
- trifle
- truant
- veg out
- waste time
Antonyms for hang about
- apply
- condemn
- drudge
- exert
- grind
- grub
- hump
- hustle
- knuckle down
- labor
- moil
- peg
- plod
- plow
- plug
- put out
- slave
- sweat
- toil
- travail
- work
Example Sentences
- They used to hang about the old bookstore after school.
- It's not good to hang about in places where you don't belong.
- He likes to hang about the park, waiting for his friends to arrive.
- We decided to hang about the cafe and chat for a while.
- The children were told not to hang about near the construction site.
On this page you'll find 85 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hang about, such as: abide, aestivate, affect, amble, apply, bum, chill.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
dabble
- amuse
- amuse oneself with
- be amateur
- cavort
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- delight
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- disport
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- entertain
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- goldbrick
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- horse around
- idle
- jest
- joke
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- monkey
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- muck around
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- play
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- play games with
- please
- recreate
- relax
- rest
- rollick
- romp
- screw around
- skylark
- sport
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- trifle
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- work superficially
dallied
- aestivated
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- amused
- be insincere with
- boondoggle
- bummed
- carry on
- cavorted
- chilled
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- crept
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- goldbricked
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- lag
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- linger
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- malingered
- manipulated
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- monkeyed
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- mucked
- piddled
- play around
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- pleased
- plodded
- poked
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- putter
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- shilly-shallied
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- wanton
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- wooed
dally
- aestivate
- amble
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- bum
- cavort
- chill
- coquet
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- crawl
- creep
- dabble
- dawdle
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- disport
- divert
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- drone
- drop behind
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- fall behind
- filibuster
- flirt
- fool
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- fool with
- footle
- frisk
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- frivol
- frolic
- furlough
- gambol
- goldbrick
- hang
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- hang fire
- hibernate
- horse around
- idle
- inch
- jerk off
- jest
- joke
- josh
- kick around
- kick back
- kid
- kill time
- lag
- lallygag
- laze
- lazy
- lead on
- linger
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- lollygag
- lounge
- lumber
- malinger
- manipulate
- mark time
- mash
- mess
- mess around
- monkey
- mope
- mosey
- muck
- piddle
- play
- play around
- play games with
- please
- plod
- poke
- procrastinate
- put off
- put on
- putter
- razz
- recreate
- relax
- rest
- rib
- rollick
- romp
- saunter
- screw around
- shilly-shally
- shuffle
- skylark
- sport
- stagger
- stall
- string along
- stroll
- swan
- tarry
- tease
- temporize
- toy
- trail
- trifle
- trifle with
- truant
- vamp
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idle
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- at rest
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- bum
- chill
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- fool
- footle
- free
- frivolous
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- goldbrick
- groundless
- hang about
- hibernate
- hollow
- inactive
- indolent
- inert
- inoperable
- inoperative
- insignificant
- interrupted
- irrelevant
- kick around
- kick back
- kill time
- lag
- languorous
- latent
- laze
- lazy
- lazyish
- lethargic
- lifeless
- linger
- listless
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- lounge
- malinger
- mess
- monkey
- moribund
- mosey
- muck
- not serious
- nugatory
- of no avail
- off
- on the shelf
- otiose
- out of commission
- piddle
- play
- pointless
- poke
- quiescent
- rambling
- relax
- rest
- saunter
- shiftless
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow
- sluggish
- stroll
- superficial
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- suspended
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- unhelpful
- unnecessary
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- veg out
dawdle
- aestivate
- amble
- bum
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- chill
- crawl
- creep
- dally
- decelerate
- delay
- diddle
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- dilly-dally
- dillydally
- doze
- drag
- drone
- drop behind
- ease
- estivate
- fall behind
- filibuster
- fool
- fool around
- footle
- fritter away
- furlough
- get no place fast
- goldbrick
- goof off
- hang about
- hang around
- hang fire
- hang out
- hibernate
- idle
- inch
- kick around
- kick back
- kill time
- lag
- lallygag
- laze
- lazy
- linger
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- lollygag
- lounge
- lumber
- malinger
- mark time
- mess
- mess around
- monkey
- mope
- mosey
- muck
- piddle
- play
- plod
- poke
- procrastinate
- put off
- relax
- rest
- saunter
- scrounge around
- shilly-shally
- shlep along
- shuffle
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- stay
- stroll
- swan
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- toddle
- trifle
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- veg out
- wait
- warm a chair