Synonyms and Antonyms of hang about
1
to spend time doing nothing
- a tea house near campus where many university students could be seen hanging about
bum, chill, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drone, footle, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, kick around, kick back, laze, lazy, loaf, loll, lounge, veg out
fiddle (around), fool, mess, monkey, muck, piddle, play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle
doze, estivate (also aestivate), hibernate
lag, linger, loiter, poke, relax, rest, tarry
amble, mosey, saunter, stroll, swan
furlough, goldbrick, malinger, truant
drudge, grind, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg, plod, plow, plug, slave, sweat, toil, travail, work
apply, buckle (down)
exert, put out
2
to spend time in aimless activity
- we'll be hanging about at the pub if you need us
doodle, fiddle (around), fool around, fribble, goof (around), kick around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle
