Synonyms of hanging about

hanging about

verb

present participle of hang about, British

1

as in hanging (around or out)

to spend time doing nothing

a tea house near campus where many university students could be seen hanging about

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hanging (around or out)
• killing time
• hacking (around)
• goofing (off)
• vegging out
• kicking back
• kicking around
• lounging
• twiddling one's thumbs
• resting
• chilling
• idling
• playing
• relaxing
• loafing
• bumming
• fiddling (around)
• strolling
• puttering (around)
• lazing
• pottering (around)
• lazying
• dawdling
• poking
• droning
• footling
• dillydallying
• lolling
• mucking
• messing
• lingering
• estivating
• dallying
• trifling
• fooling
• monkeying
• piddling
• hibernating
• aestivating
• dozing
• loitering
• lagging
• sauntering
• ambling
• moseying
• malingering
• swanning
• goldbricking
• tarrying
• truanting
• furloughing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• laboring
• buckling (down)
• plowing
• grinding
• sweating
• plugging
• toiling
• plodding
• grubbing
• hustling
• pegging
• humping
• slaving
• applying
• putting out
• drudging
• travailing
• moiling
• exerting

2

as in playing

to spend time in aimless activity

we'll be hanging about at the pub if you need us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• playing
• fiddling (around)
• fooling around
• puttering (around)
• goofing (around)
• pottering (around)
• messing around
• monkeying (around)
• kicking around
• hanging (around or out)
• trifling
• doodling
• fribbling
• horsing around
• clowning (around)
• lounging
• idling
• diddling (with)
• loafing
• dawdling
• lolling
• tinkering
• dallying
• dillydallying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• setting (to)
• settling (down)
• buckling (down)
• knuckling down