linger: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of linger
- salinger«Word Popularity Bar2/5
salinger
- noun United States writer (born 1919)
Jerome David Salinger; J. D. Salinger.
- noun United States writer (born 1919)
- gunslinger2/5
gunslinger
- noun a professional killer who uses a gun
hit man; hired gun; shooter; gun; triggerman; hitman; gunman; torpedo; gun for hire.
- noun a professional killer who uses a gun
- slinger2/5
slinger
- noun a person who uses a sling to throw something
- noun a person who uses a sling to throw something
- dillinger2/5
dilling
A darling; a favorite. Obs.Whilst the birds billing, Each one with his dilling. Drayton.
- willinger1/5
willing
- noun the act of making a choice
volition.
- followed my father of my own volition
- verb decree or ordain
will.
- God wills our existence
- noun the act of making a choice
- malinger1/5
malinger
- verb avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
skulk.
- verb avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
- clinger1/5
cling
- noun fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
clingstone.
- verb come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
cohere; cleave; stick; adhere.
- The dress clings to her body
- The label stuck to the box
- The sushi rice grains cohere
- noun fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
- flinger1/5
fling
- noun a usually brief attempt
whirl; offer; crack; pass; go.
- he took a crack at it
- I gave it a whirl
- noun a brief indulgence of your impulses
spree.
- noun a usually brief attempt
Suffixes of linger
- lingering«Word Popularity Bar4/5
lingering
- noun the act of tarrying
tarriance.
- verb remain present although waning or gradually dying
linger.
- Her perfume lingered on
- noun the act of tarrying
- lingered4/5
linger
- verb remain present although waning or gradually dying
- Her perfume lingered on
- verb be about
loaf; footle; mess about; lallygag; lollygag; lurk; tarry; mill about; hang around; lounge; loiter; mill around.
- The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
- Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
- verb remain present although waning or gradually dying
- lingers3/5
linger
- verb remain present although waning or gradually dying
- Her perfume lingered on
- verb be about
loaf; footle; mess about; lallygag; lollygag; lurk; tarry; mill about; hang around; lounge; loiter; mill around.
- The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
- Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
- verb remain present although waning or gradually dying
- lingerie3/5
lingerie
- noun women's underwear and nightclothes
intimate apparel.
- noun women's underwear and nightclothes
- lingerer1/5
lingerer
- noun someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
loiterer.
- noun someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
- lingeringly1/5
lingeringly
- adverb in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way
protractedly.
- her voice was swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly" -Rossetti
- adverb in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way
Derived words of linger
- malingering«Word Popularity Bar3/5
malingering
- noun evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
skulking.
- they developed a test to detect malingering
- verb avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
skulk; malinger.
- noun evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
- malingerers2/5
malingerer
- noun someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
shammer; skulker.
- noun someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
- slingers2/5
slinger
- noun a person who uses a sling to throw something
- noun a person who uses a sling to throw something
- malingerer1/5
malingerer
- noun someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
shammer; skulker.
- noun someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
- malingered1/5
malinger
- verb avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
skulk.
- verb avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
- gunslingers1/5
gunslinger
- noun a professional killer who uses a gun
hit man; hired gun; shooter; gun; triggerman; hitman; gunman; torpedo; gun for hire.
- noun a professional killer who uses a gun
Sharpen your Skills with the Masters
McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage, 2nd Edition
by Mark Lester and Larry Beason
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
by Fredrik Backman, Henning Koch
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
by Austin Kleon
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
by Margot Lee Shetterly
About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `linger`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `linger`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.
About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `linger`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `linger`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.