Definitions For Linger

verb

  • Leave slowly and hesitantly
  • Take one's time; proceed slowly
  • Be about
  • Move to and fro
  • Remain present although waning or gradually dying
  • To stay somewhere beyond the usual or expected time
  • To continue to exist as time passes
  • To remain alive while becoming weaker

Is Linger a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
10

The word Linger is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Linger in a Sentence

  • The tourists didn't linger very long.
  • She lingered at the art exhibit.
  • He lingered in bed and missed breakfast.

Synonyms for Linger

Antonyms for Linger

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