LOITERER Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

loiterer

noun

as in snail

someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others she yelled at the loiterers at the end of the line to hurry up

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Recent Examples of loiterer Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway. —

Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for loiterer

Noun

Calendula Calendula’s fleshy leaves, stems, and flowers also draw slugs and snails away from other crops and can be interplanted in food or flower gardens for natural slug control.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 3 July 2026
The game was crawling along at a snail’s pace with a rare boundary here and there.

— Mohsin Kamal, New York Times, 25 June 2026