What is another word for idle?
2225 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈa͡ɪdə͡l], [ ˈaɪdəl], [ ˈaɪ_d_əl]
Idle is defined as being inactive, lazy or without any work. However, there are numerous synonyms for this word that can be used interchangeably depending on the context. Some of the most commonly used synonyms for the term "idle" include unoccupied, vacant, unused, unemployed, inactive, sluggish, unproductive, and indolent. Each of these synonyms carries its own unique connotations, and therefore, it's important to choose the right synonym that will accurately capture the meaning of the original word. For instance, vacant or unoccupied may be used to describe an empty property while sluggish or indolent can describe a person who is feeling tired or lazy.
Synonyms for Idle:
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adj.
• free • groundless • inactive- Snail-paced ,
- do nothing ,
- dormant ,
- draggy ,
- in holding pattern ,
- jobless ,
- lifeless ,
- low key ,
- motionless ,
- on hold ,
- out of action ,
- out of service ,
- sleepy ,
- stationary ,
- still ,
- unmoving ,
- unworking .
- Reposing ,
- apathetic ,
- catatonic ,
- comatose ,
- immobile ,
- inert ,
- insensible ,
- languid ,
- languorous ,
- listless ,
- paralytic ,
- sluggish ,
- static ,
- unreactive ,
- vegetative .
- in firm ,
- too little too late ,
- fly by night ,
- in corporeal ,
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in substantial ,
- in tangible ,
- in-corporeal ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- in-substantial ,
- in-tangible ,
- meta physical ,
- meta-physical ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest .
- having spring fever ,
- sleepyhead ,
- stretchy ,
- wimpy ,
- more nebbish ,
- more sleepyhead ,
- most nebbish ,
- most sleepyhead ,
- stretchier ,
- stretchiest ,
- wimpiest .
- acquiescent ,
- complaisant ,
- going through motions ,
- hands off ,
- non-resistant ,
- non-violent ,
- nonresistant ,
- placid ,
- poker-faced ,
- submissive ,
- unassertive ,
- unresisting ,
- walking through it ,
- yielding .
- Unpurposed ,
- counter-productive ,
- no good ,
- non-functional ,
- nonfunctional ,
- of no use ,
- scrapper ,
- unfunctional ,
- unusuable .
- idle .
- de void ,
- de-void ,
- dis honest ,
- dis-honest ,
- in expressive ,
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in sipid ,
- in-expressive ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- in-sipid ,
- un intelligent ,
- un real ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un substantial ,
- un-intelligent ,
- un-real ,
- un-satisfactory ,
- un-substantial .
- more unplanted ,
- more unplowed ,
- more unseeded ,
- more untilled ,
- most unplanted ,
- most unplowed ,
- most unseeded ,
- most untilled ,
- neglected ,
- un cultivated ,
- un developed ,
- un planted ,
- un plowed ,
- un productive ,
- un seeded ,
- un tilled ,
- un-cultivated ,
- un-developed ,
- un-planted ,
- un-plowed ,
- un-productive ,
- un-seeded ,
- un-tilled .
- empty headed ,
- facetious ,
- flighty ,
- flippest ,
- ill considered ,
- ill-considered ,
- illconsidered ,
- light minded ,
- light-minded ,
- lightminded ,
- more light minded ,
- more light-minded ,
- more lightminded ,
- more nonserious ,
- most light minded ,
- most light-minded ,
- most lightminded ,
- most nonserious ,
- most sportive ,
- non serious ,
- non-serious ,
- nonserious ,
- playful ,
- sportive ,
- tongue-in-cheek ,
- un important ,
- un profound ,
- un profounder ,
- un profoundest ,
- un-important ,
- un-profound ,
- un-profounder ,
- un-profoundest ,
- unprofound ,
- unprofounder ,
- unprofoundest .
- in fertile ,
- in-fertile ,
- more gainless ,
- more profitless ,
- more unprolific ,
- most gainless ,
- most profitless ,
- most unprolific ,
- spinning one wheels ,
- spinning ones wheels ,
- spinning wheels ,
- un available ,
- un fruitful ,
- un prolific ,
- un successful ,
- un-available ,
- un-fruitful ,
- un-prolific ,
- un-successful ,
- wild goose chase .
- in sufficient ,
- in-sufficient ,
- more impracticable ,
- more resultless ,
- most resultless ,
- out window ,
- save breath ,
- save one breath ,
- save ones breath ,
- un needed ,
- un-needed .
- ex animate ,
- ex-animate ,
- in animate ,
- in sensate ,
- in-animate ,
- in-sensate ,
- mineral ,
- more azoic ,
- more exanimate ,
- more mineral ,
- more nonanimal ,
- more nonvegetable ,
- most azoic ,
- most exanimate ,
- most mineral ,
- most nonanimal ,
- most nonvegetable ,
- non animal ,
- non vegetable ,
- non-animal ,
- non-vegetable .
- in effective ,
- in-effective ,
- more emasculate ,
- more slack spined ,
- more slack-spined ,
- more slackspined ,
- most emasculate ,
- most slack spined ,
- most slack-spined ,
- most slackspined ,
- slack spined ,
- slack-spined ,
- slackspined .
- anti climactic ,
- anti-climactic ,
- de feasible ,
- de-feasible ,
- in adequate ,
- in competent ,
- in decisive ,
- in efficient ,
- in nocuous ,
- in vertebrate ,
- in-adequate ,
- in-competent ,
- in-decisive ,
- in-efficient ,
- in-nocuous ,
- in-vertebrate ,
- invertebrate ,
- more anticlimactic ,
- more defeasible ,
- more forceless ,
- more ineffective ,
- more invertebrate ,
- more neutralized ,
- most anticlimactic ,
- most defeasible ,
- most forceless ,
- most invertebrate ,
- most neutralized ,
- null void ,
- un abler ,
- un ablest ,
- un-abler ,
- un-ablest .
- Half-hearted ,
- dis interested ,
- dis-interested ,
- half hearted ,
- in attentive ,
- in curious ,
- in-attentive ,
- in-curious ,
- laidback ,
- more daydreaming ,
- more energyless ,
- most daydreaming ,
- most energyless ,
- un concerned ,
- un-concerned .
- asleep job ,
- asleep the job ,
- in different ,
- in-different ,
- more dallying ,
- more laggard ,
- more procrastinating ,
- more slow moving ,
- more slow-moving ,
- more slowmoving ,
- more unenergetic ,
- more unindustrious ,
- more unpersevering ,
- more unready ,
- most dallying ,
- most laggard ,
- most procrastinating ,
- most slow moving ,
- most slow-moving ,
- most slowmoving ,
- most unenergetic ,
- most unindustrious ,
- most unpersevering ,
- most unready ,
- out it ,
- slow moving ,
- slowmoving ,
- snoozier ,
- snooziest ,
- un energetic ,
- un industrious ,
- un persevering ,
- un ready ,
- un-energetic ,
- un-industrious ,
- un-persevering ,
- un-ready ,
- unindustrious ,
- unpersevering .
- Misapplied ,
- down drain ,
- mis applied ,
- mis spent ,
- mis-applied ,
- mis-spent ,
- more misapplied ,
- more squandered ,
- most misapplied ,
- most squandered .
- desk bound ,
- deskest ,
- more desk bound ,
- more desk-bound ,
- more deskbound ,
- most desk bound ,
- most desk-bound ,
- most deskbound .
- in accurate ,
- in correct ,
- more casuistic ,
- more sophistical ,
- most beguiling ,
- most casuistic ,
- most sophistical ,
- un truer ,
- un truest ,
- un-truer ,
- un-truest .
- more leisured ,
- more unapplied ,
- more underemployed ,
- more unexercised ,
- more workless ,
- most leisured ,
- most unapplied ,
- most underemployed ,
- most unexercised ,
- most workless ,
- on bench ,
- on shelf ,
- un applied ,
- un employed ,
- un exercised ,
- un-applied ,
- un-employed ,
- un-exercised ,
- under employed ,
- under-employed .
- brand new ,
- more brand ,
- more brand- ,
- most brand ,
- most brand- ,
- re maining ,
- un accustomed ,
- un familiar ,
- un used ,
- un-accustomed ,
- un-familiar ,
- un-used .
- Untaken ,
- more tenantless ,
- more unexpressive ,
- more untaken ,
- more untenanted ,
- most tenantless ,
- most unexpressive ,
- most untaken ,
- most untenanted ,
- un expressive ,
- un filled ,
- un taken ,
- un tenanted ,
- un-expressive ,
- un-filled ,
- un-taken ,
- un-tenanted .
- fancy free ,
- fancyfree ,
- more drifting ,
- more itinerate ,
- more journeying ,
- more mendicant ,
- more perambulant ,
- more perambulatory ,
- more rootless ,
- more sauntering ,
- more straggling ,
- more strolling ,
- more travelling ,
- most drifting ,
- most itinerate ,
- most journeying ,
- most mendicant ,
- most perambulant ,
- most perambulatory ,
- most rootless ,
- most sauntering ,
- most shifting ,
- most straggling ,
- most strolling ,
- most travelling ,
- perambulant ,
- peripatetic ,
- un settled ,
- un-settled .
- in nocent ,
- in tact ,
- in-nocent ,
- in-tact ,
- more untapped ,
- most untapped ,
- un corrupted ,
- un defiled ,
- un disturbed ,
- un marred ,
- un spoiled ,
- un sullied ,
- un tapped ,
- un tested ,
- un touched ,
- un tried ,
- un trieder ,
- un triedest ,
- un-corrupted ,
- un-defiled ,
- un-marred ,
- un-spoiled ,
- un-sullied ,
- un-tapped ,
- un-tested ,
- un-touched ,
- un-tried ,
- un-trieder ,
- un-triedest ,
- unspoiled ,
- virgin .
-
v.
• dabble- am amateur ,
- amuse with ,
- amused oneself with ,
- amused with ,
- amuses oneself with ,
- amuses with ,
- amusing oneself with ,
- amusing with ,
- are amateur ,
- art amateur ,
- being amateur ,
- dilly dally ,
- fiddles with ,
- fiddling with ,
- flirted with ,
- flirting with ,
- flirts with ,
- is amateur ,
- monkeyed around ,
- monkeys around ,
- mucked around ,
- mucking around ,
- mucks around ,
- played games with ,
- playing games with ,
- plays games with ,
- toying with ,
- toys with ,
- trifled with ,
- trifles with ,
- trifling with ,
- was amateur ,
- wast amateur ,
- were amateur ,
- wert amateur ,
- worked superficially ,
- working superficially ,
- works superficially ,
- wrought superficially .
- boondoggling ,
- fooled with ,
- fooling with ,
- fools with ,
- lollygagged ,
- whiled away ,
- whiles away ,
- whiling away .
- bummed around ,
- bumming around ,
- bums around ,
- diddle daddle ,
- diddle daddled ,
- diddle daddles ,
- diddle daddling ,
- diddle-daddled ,
- diddle-daddles ,
- diddle-daddling ,
- diddledaddle ,
- diddledaddled ,
- diddledaddles ,
- diddledaddling ,
- gat no place fast ,
- gets no place fast ,
- getting no place fast ,
- got no place fast ,
- gotten no place fast ,
- lazied ,
- lazying ,
- sat around ,
- sat butt ,
- sat on butt ,
- sat on one butt ,
- sat on one's butt ,
- sat on ones butt ,
- sat one butt ,
- sat one's butt ,
- sat ones butt ,
- sate around ,
- sate butt ,
- sate on butt ,
- sate on one butt ,
- sate on one's butt ,
- sate on ones butt ,
- sate one butt ,
- sate one's butt ,
- sate ones butt ,
- scrounged around ,
- scrounges around ,
- scrounging around ,
- shlepped along ,
- shlepping along ,
- shleps along ,
- sit butt ,
- sit on butt ,
- sit on one butt ,
- sit on ones butt ,
- sit one butt ,
- sit one's butt ,
- sit ones butt ,
- sits around ,
- sits butt ,
- sits on butt ,
- sits on one butt ,
- sits on one's butt ,
- sits on ones butt ,
- sits one butt ,
- sits one's butt ,
- sits ones butt ,
- sitting around ,
- sitting butt ,
- sitting on butt ,
- sitting on one butt ,
- sitting on one's butt ,
- sitting on ones butt ,
- sitting one butt ,
- sitting one's butt ,
- sitting ones butt ,
- warm chair ,
- warmed a chair ,
- warmed chair ,
- warming a chair ,
- warming chair ,
- warms a chair ,
- warms chair .
- am wasteful with ,
- are wasteful with ,
- art wasteful with ,
- being wasteful with ,
- casts away ,
- diddled away ,
- diddles away ,
- diddling away ,
- frivoled ,
- frivolled ,
- frivolling ,
- frivols ,
- is wasteful with ,
- mis spend ,
- mis spending ,
- mis spends ,
- mis-spend ,
- mis-spending ,
- mis-spends ,
- runs through ,
- spending like water ,
- spends like water ,
- spent like water ,
- was wasteful with ,
- wast wasteful with ,
- were wasteful with ,
- wert wasteful with .
- bring a screeching halt ,
- bring screeching halt ,
- bringing a screeching halt ,
- bringing screeching halt ,
- bringing to a screeching halt ,
- bringing to screeching halt ,
- brings a screeching halt ,
- brings screeching halt ,
- brings to a screeching halt ,
- brings to screeching halt ,
- brought a screeching halt ,
- brought screeching halt ,
- brought to a screeching halt ,
- brought to screeching halt ,
- entrammeled ,
- entrammeling ,
- entrammels ,
- hog tie ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re strict ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- re-strict ,
- tie hands ,
- tie one hands ,
- tie ones hands ,
- tied hands ,
- tied one hands ,
- tied one's hands ,
- tied ones hands ,
- ties hands ,
- ties one hands ,
- ties one's hands ,
- ties ones hands ,
- tying hands ,
- tying one hands ,
- tying one's hands ,
- tying ones hands .
- am behind ,
- are behind ,
- art behind ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- drag one feet ,
- drag ones feet ,
- dragged feet ,
- dragged one feet ,
- dragged one's feet ,
- dragged ones feet ,
- dragging feet ,
- dragging one feet ,
- dragging one's feet ,
- dragging ones feet ,
- drags feet ,
- drags one feet ,
- drags one's feet ,
- drags ones feet ,
- inched along ,
- inches along ,
- inching along ,
- is behind ,
- loses strength ,
- losing strength ,
- lost strength ,
- slowing up ,
- slows up ,
- was behind ,
- wast behind ,
- were behind ,
- wert behind .
- am dilatory ,
- am long ,
- am tardy ,
- are dilatory ,
- are long ,
- are tardy ,
- art dilatory ,
- art long ,
- art tardy ,
- being dilatory ,
- being long ,
- being tardy ,
- is dilatory ,
- is long ,
- is tardy ,
- re main ,
- re mained ,
- re mains ,
- re-main ,
- re-mains ,
- sticked around ,
- sticking around ,
- sticks around ,
- stuck around ,
- take one time ,
- take ones time ,
- takes one time ,
- takes one's time ,
- takes ones time ,
- takes time ,
- taking one time ,
- taking ones time ,
- taking time ,
- took one time ,
- took one's time ,
- took ones time ,
- took time ,
- waited around ,
- waiting around ,
- waits around ,
- was dilatory ,
- was long ,
- was tardy ,
- wast dilatory ,
- wast long ,
- wast tardy ,
- were dilatory ,
- were long ,
- were tardy ,
- wert dilatory ,
- wert long ,
- wert tardy .
- am slothful ,
- am unoccupied ,
- are inactive ,
- are indolent ,
- are slothful ,
- are unoccupied ,
- art inactive ,
- art indolent ,
- art slothful ,
- art unoccupied ,
- being indolent ,
- being slothful ,
- is inactive ,
- is indolent ,
- is slothful ,
- is unoccupied ,
- lounged around ,
- lounges around ,
- lounging around ,
- not lift a fingered ,
- not lift a fingering ,
- not lift a fingers ,
- not lift finger ,
- not lift fingered ,
- not lift fingering ,
- not lift fingers ,
- passed time ,
- passes time ,
- passing time ,
- re lax ,
- re-lax ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down ,
- standing around ,
- stands around ,
- stood around ,
- take easy ,
- takes easy ,
- taking easy ,
- took easy ,
- took it easy ,
- was inactive ,
- was indolent ,
- was slothful ,
- was unoccupied ,
- wast inactive ,
- wast indolent ,
- wast slothful ,
- wast unoccupied ,
- were inactive ,
- were indolent ,
- were slothful ,
- were unoccupied ,
- wert inactive ,
- wert indolent ,
- wert slothful ,
- wert unoccupied ,
- whiled away hours ,
- whiles away hours ,
- whiling away hours .
- am a funk ,
- am apathetic ,
- am down in mouth ,
- am down in the mouth ,
- am down mouth ,
- am down the mouth ,
- am gloomy ,
- am in a funk ,
- are a funk ,
- are apathetic ,
- are down in mouth ,
- are down in the mouth ,
- are down mouth ,
- are down the mouth ,
- are funk ,
- are gloomy ,
- are in a funk ,
- are in funk ,
- art a funk ,
- art apathetic ,
- art funk ,
- art gloomy ,
- art in a funk ,
- art in funk ,
- ate heart out ,
- ate one heart out ,
- ate one's heart out ,
- ate ones heart out ,
- be a funk ,
- be down in mouth ,
- be down mouth ,
- be down the mouth ,
- be funk ,
- be in funk ,
- being a funk ,
- being apathetic ,
- being down in mouth ,
- being down in the mouth ,
- being down mouth ,
- being down the mouth ,
- being funk ,
- being gloomy ,
- being in a funk ,
- being in funk ,
- eat one heart out ,
- eat ones heart out ,
- eating heart out ,
- eating one heart out ,
- eating one's heart out ,
- eating ones heart out ,
- eats heart out ,
- eats one heart out ,
- eats one's heart out ,
- eats ones heart out ,
- is a funk ,
- is apathetic ,
- is down in mouth ,
- is down in the mouth ,
- is down mouth ,
- is down the mouth ,
- is funk ,
- is gloomy ,
- is in a funk ,
- is in funk ,
- loses heart ,
- losing heart ,
- lost heart ,
- pined away ,
- pines away ,
- pining away ,
- re pine ,
- re pined ,
- re pines ,
- re-pine ,
- re-pined ,
- re-pines ,
- re-pining ,
- stewed over ,
- stewing over ,
- stews over ,
- sweated over ,
- sweating over ,
- sweats over ,
- was a funk ,
- was apathetic ,
- was down in mouth ,
- was down in the mouth ,
- was down mouth ,
- was down the mouth ,
- was funk ,
- was gloomy ,
- was in a funk ,
- was in funk ,
- wast a funk ,
- wast apathetic ,
- wast down in mouth ,
- wast down in the mouth ,
- wast down mouth ,
- wast down the mouth ,
- wast funk ,
- wast gloomy ,
- wast in a funk ,
- wast in funk ,
- wear long face ,
- wearing a long face ,
- wearing long face ,
- wears a long face ,
- wears long face ,
- were a funk ,
- were apathetic ,
- were down in mouth ,
- were down in the mouth ,
- were down mouth ,
- were down the mouth ,
- were funk ,
- were gloomy ,
- were in a funk ,
- were in funk ,
- wert a funk ,
- wert apathetic ,
- wert down in mouth ,
- wert down in the mouth ,
- wert down mouth ,
- wert down the mouth ,
- wert funk ,
- wert gloomy ,
- wert in a funk ,
- wert in funk ,
- wore a long face ,
- wore long face .
- am at ease ,
- am comfortable ,
- am ease ,
- are at ease ,
- are comfortable ,
- are ease ,
- art at ease ,
- art comfortable ,
- be ease ,
- being at ease ,
- being comfortable ,
- being ease ,
- composed oneself ,
- composes oneself ,
- composing oneself ,
- eased off ,
- eases off ,
- eases up ,
- easing up ,
- is at ease ,
- is comfortable ,
- is ease ,
- lay still ,
- lied by ,
- lied down ,
- lied still ,
- lies by ,
- lies still ,
- lying by ,
- lying still ,
- puts feet up ,
- putting feet up ,
- re sting ,
- re-sting ,
- refreshed oneself ,
- refreshes oneself ,
- refreshing oneself ,
- sate down ,
- sits down ,
- sitting down ,
- slacked off ,
- slacks off ,
- stretching out ,
- take break ,
- take nap ,
- takes a break ,
- takes break ,
- takes five ,
- takes life easy ,
- takes nap ,
- takes ten ,
- takes time out ,
- taking a nap ,
- taking break ,
- taking five ,
- taking life easy ,
- taking nap ,
- taking ten ,
- taking time out ,
- took a break ,
- took a nap ,
- took break ,
- took five ,
- took life easy ,
- took nap ,
- took ten ,
- took time out ,
- un bend ,
- un bended ,
- un bending ,
- un bends ,
- un bent ,
- un lax ,
- un wind ,
- un winding ,
- un winds ,
- un wound ,
- un-bend ,
- un-bended ,
- un-bending ,
- un-bends ,
- un-bent ,
- un-lax ,
- un-wind ,
- un-winding ,
- un-winds ,
- un-wound ,
- unlaxed ,
- unlaxes ,
- unlaxing ,
- was at ease ,
- was comfortable ,
- was ease ,
- wast at ease ,
- wast comfortable ,
- wast ease ,
- were at ease ,
- were comfortable ,
- were ease ,
- wert at ease ,
- wert comfortable ,
- wert ease ,
- winded down ,
- winds down ,
- wound down .
- lay down job ,
- lay down on job ,
- laying back ,
- lays back ,
- lie down job ,
- lied down job ,
- lied down on job ,
- lies down job ,
- lies down on job ,
- lying down job ,
- lying down on job ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re lease ,
- re leases ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-lease ,
- re-leased ,
- re-leases ,
- un tighten ,
- un tightened ,
- un tightening ,
- un tightens ,
- un-tighten ,
- un-tightened ,
- un-tightening ,
- un-tightens .
- de vote ,
- de voted ,
- de votes ,
- de voting ,
- de-vote ,
- de-voted ,
- de-votes ,
- de-voting ,
- lets pass ,
- letted pass ,
- letting pass ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using .
- stop .
- amused oneself ,
- amuses oneself ,
- amusing oneself ,
- are insincere ,
- art insincere ,
- being insincere ,
- fribbled ,
- fribbles ,
- futzed around ,
- futzes around ,
- futzing around ,
- indulged in ,
- indulges in ,
- indulging in ,
- is insincere ,
- messed with ,
- messes with ,
- messing with ,
- monkeyed with ,
- monkeying with ,
- monkeys with ,
- playing with ,
- plays with ,
- uses up ,
- was insincere ,
- wast insincere ,
- were insincere ,
- wert insincere ,
- winking at ,
- winks at .
Other synonyms:
- dilatory ,
- disuse ,
- disused ,
- goldbrick ,
- malfunction ,
- mesh ,
- off-duty ,
- off-peak ,
- off-season ,
- sparing ,
- splutter ,
- subdued ,
- underemployed ,
- untapped ,
- uptime ,
- wandering .
- go .
- take .
- availability ,
- available ,
- backfire ,
- bottomless ,
- cycle ,
- do-nothing ,
- idly ,
- inoperative ,
- kick over ,
- misfire ,
- shallow ,
- shiftless ,
- slow ,
- struck .
- engagement ,
- fire ,
- goof ,
- mode ,
- performance ,
- ping ,
- turn over .
- roll .
Other relevant words:
- Bummed ,
- Bumming ,
- Entrammel ,
- Hesitated ,
- Inched ,
- Inching ,
- Jellying ,
- Limped ,
- Loitered ,
- Piddled ,
- Regretted ,
- Sauntered ,
- Slackened ,
- Strolled ,
- Trailed ,
- Vegetated ,
- be apathetic ,
- be behind ,
- be dilatory ,
- be down in the mouth ,
- be gloomy ,
- be in a funk ,
- be inactive ,
- be indolent ,
- be inert ,
- be long ,
- be slothful ,
- be tardy ,
- be unoccupied ,
- being behind ,
- being inactive ,
- being unoccupied ,
- boondoggle ,
- boondoggled ,
- boondoggles ,
- bring to a screeching halt ,
- bring to screeching halt ,
- bum around ,
- dabble ,
- dally ,
- dawdle ,
- diddle-daddle ,
- dillydally ,
- drag feet ,
- drag one's feet ,
- eat heart out ,
- eat one's heart out ,
- featherbed ,
- featherbedded ,
- featherbedding ,
- featherbeds ,
- fool around ,
- fool with ,
- fritter ,
- get no place fast ,
- go to pot ,
- goof off ,
- goofing off ,
- grumped ,
- grumping ,
- hang loose ,
- hang out ,
- hanging loose ,
- hogtie ,
- inch along ,
- jellied ,
- jerk off ,
- knock around ,
- lag ,
- laxed ,
- laxes ,
- laxing ,
- lay back ,
- lazies ,
- let pass ,
- lie down on job ,
- linger ,
- loaf ,
- lock up ,
- locked up ,
- locking up ,
- loiter ,
- loll ,
- lollygag ,
- lollygagging ,
- lollygags ,
- lose heart ,
- lose strength ,
- lounge ,
- lounge around ,
- moon ,
- mope ,
- not lift a finger ,
- pass time ,
- piddle ,
- piddles ,
- pine away ,
- poke ,
- put in ,
- put off ,
- puts in ,
- putting in ,
- recline ,
- repine ,
- rest ,
- schlepp along ,
- scrounge around ,
- shlep along ,
- sit around ,
- sit on one's butt ,
- slackening ,
- slackens ,
- slow down ,
- slow up ,
- slowed down ,
- slowed up ,
- spend ,
- stagnate ,
- stand around ,
- stew over ,
- stick around ,
- sweat over ,
- take it easy ,
- take one's time ,
- take time ,
- takes it easy ,
- taking it easy ,
- taking one's time ,
- tie one's hands ,
- tooled ,
- tooling ,
- trifle ,
- twiddle thumbs ,
- vegetate ,
- wait around ,
- warm a chair ,
- wear a long face ,
- while away ,
- while away hours .
- Idled ,
- amuse oneself with ,
- be amateur ,
- fiddle with ,
- fiddled with ,
- flirt with ,
- idles ,
- monkey around ,
- monkeying around ,
- muck around ,
- not be serious ,
- play games with ,
- toy with ,
- toyed with ,
- trifle with ,
- work superficially .
- Ambling ,
- Arse About ,
- Babblement ,
- Claudicant ,
- Disengaged ,
- Dolce Far Niente ,
- Dronish ,
- Drony ,
- Fatuitous ,
- Fingle-fangle ,
- Finikin ,
- Fribble ,
- Fribbling ,
- Fust ,
- Hobbled ,
- Hobbling ,
- Inoccupation ,
- Lethargical ,
- Loitering ,
- Lusk ,
- Misspent ,
- Moveless ,
- Pococurante ,
- Prittle-prattle ,
- Procrastinating ,
- Pudder ,
- Quietistic ,
- Sauntering ,
- Shilly-shally ,
- Sluggardize ,
- Stagnating ,
- Statuelike ,
- Strolling ,
- Toddling ,
- Trudging ,
- Unphilosophical ,
- Unpractical ,
- Unsustained ,
- Waddling ,
- Workless ,
- abandoned ,
- abeyance ,
- abeyant ,
- abject ,
- abortive ,
- abstemious ,
- absurd ,
- acrostic ,
- aimless ,
- airy ,
- ambiguity ,
- amble ,
- anagram ,
- angry ,
- aside ,
- asinine ,
- asleep ,
- asunder ,
- at a standstill ,
- at anchor ,
- at leisure ,
- at liberty ,
- at loose ends ,
- at rest ,
- babble ,
- barbarian ,
- barbaric ,
- barren ,
- baseless ,
- be a sideliner ,
- be lazy ,
- be still ,
- between assignments ,
- between engagements ,
- between jobs ,
- bone-idle ,
- bone-lazy ,
- bootless ,
- brogue ,
- bugger about ,
- bum about ,
- cackle ,
- cancan ,
- careless ,
- catchpenny ,
- causerie ,
- cautious ,
- chat ,
- cheap ,
- chitchat ,
- circumspect ,
- claudicate ,
- clean ,
- clear ,
- coast ,
- collecting unemployment ,
- consume ,
- contemplative ,
- conundrum ,
- cool ,
- coquet ,
- counterproductive ,
- crawl ,
- crawling ,
- crazy ,
- creep ,
- creeping ,
- deadened ,
- decay ,
- decline ,
- decompose ,
- defunct ,
- degenerate ,
- delay ,
- deliberate ,
- delinquent ,
- delusion ,
- deserted ,
- desire ,
- deskbound ,
- deteriorate ,
- diddle ,
- dilly-dally ,
- discharged ,
- dispassionate ,
- dissipated ,
- dog it ,
- dogtrot ,
- doing nothing ,
- dotty ,
- double acrostic ,
- down ,
- drag ,
- drag along ,
- drag out ,
- dragging ,
- drained ,
- dream ,
- drift ,
- drone ,
- dull ,
- dusty ,
- ease ,
- easy ,
- easygoing ,
- effete ,
- escaped ,
- escapism ,
- exanimate ,
- extinct ,
- extra ,
- extravagant ,
- faineant ,
- faint ,
- fallen ,
- faltering ,
- fantasia ,
- fantasy ,
- farcical ,
- fatuous ,
- fiddle ,
- fiddle away ,
- fiddle-faddle ,
- fidget ,
- fill ,
- finical ,
- flagging ,
- fleet ,
- flimsy ,
- flirt ,
- fool ,
- fool away ,
- foolish ,
- foot-dragging ,
- footle ,
- forgetful ,
- free ,
- fresh ,
- friable ,
- frig around ,
- fritter away ,
- fritter away time ,
- frivolous ,
- frothy ,
- fruitless ,
- gathering dust ,
- gentle ,
- goldbricking ,
- gone ,
- good-for-nothing ,
- goof around ,
- gossip ,
- gradual ,
- groundless ,
- halting ,
- hang ,
- hang about ,
- hang around ,
- hang fire ,
- have leisure ,
- heavy ,
- hebetudinous ,
- hobble ,
- holiday ,
- horse around ,
- hypocritical ,
- idiotic ,
- idle away ,
- idleness ,
- idler ,
- idling ,
- ill-advised ,
- ill-devised ,
- ill-founded ,
- ill-judged ,
- illusion ,
- immobilized ,
- impassive ,
- imperturbable ,
- impotent ,
- impracticable ,
- impractical ,
- improper ,
- in vain ,
- inaction ,
- inactivity ,
- inadequate ,
- inane ,
- inattentive ,
- inch ,
- inconsequential ,
- inconsistent ,
- inconstant ,
- indefensible ,
- indifferent ,
- indolence ,
- indolent ,
- ineffective ,
- ineffectual ,
- inefficacious ,
- inefficient ,
- inertia ,
- inexpedient ,
- informal ,
- injudicious ,
- insentient ,
- insignificant ,
- insincere ,
- insubstantial ,
- insufficient ,
- insupportable ,
- inutile ,
- invalid ,
- irrational ,
- irrelevant ,
- irresponsible ,
- jeu de mots ,
- kaput ,
- keep quiet ,
- kid around ,
- kill ,
- lackadaisical ,
- laggard ,
- laid-back ,
- laid-off ,
- laissez faire ,
- lallygag ,
- languish ,
- lark about ,
- larva ,
- latent ,
- lax ,
- laze ,
- laze away ,
- laziness ,
- leaden ,
- leisure ,
- leisured ,
- leisurely ,
- let fall ,
- lethargy ,
- liberal ,
- lie about ,
- lie around ,
- lie by ,
- lie dormant ,
- lie fallow ,
- lie to ,
- light ,
- lightheaded ,
- lightsome ,
- limp ,
- limping ,
- lite ,
- loafer ,
- loafing ,
- loll around ,
- loose ,
- low-cal ,
- lumbering ,
- lumpen ,
- lumpish ,
- lying ,
- lymphatic ,
- maggot ,
- mark time ,
- meaningless ,
- meditative ,
- mess about ,
- mess around ,
- military strategy ,
- mirage ,
- mitigate ,
- moderate ,
- monkey ,
- mooch ,
- moon around ,
- moribund ,
- mosey ,
- mothballed ,
- moulder ,
- move slowly ,
- muck ,
- muck about ,
- namby-pamby ,
- ne'er-do-well ,
- neglectful ,
- negligent ,
- neuter ,
- neutral ,
- niggling ,
- nimble ,
- non-aggressive ,
- non-functioning ,
- nonliving ,
- nonsensical ,
- not binding ,
- not budge ,
- not burdensome ,
- not literal ,
- not moving ,
- not serious ,
- not working ,
- nugatory ,
- null ,
- null and void ,
- numb ,
- nuzzle ,
- obsolete ,
- occupy ,
- of no avail ,
- off ,
- off work ,
- on holiday ,
- on the beach ,
- on the bench ,
- on the dole ,
- on the shelf ,
- open ,
- otiose ,
- out of commission ,
- out of it ,
- out of operation ,
- out of work ,
- pacific ,
- paralysed ,
- paralyzed ,
- pass ,
- pause ,
- peaceful ,
- peddle ,
- peddling ,
- petty ,
- phantasy ,
- phlegmatic ,
- piddling ,
- play ,
- play around ,
- play upon words ,
- play with ,
- poke along ,
- poking ,
- poky ,
- potter ,
- powerless ,
- procrastinate ,
- prodigal ,
- profitless ,
- promiscuous ,
- puerile ,
- pun ,
- punning ,
- purposeless ,
- putter ,
- putter around ,
- quibble ,
- quiescence ,
- quiescent ,
- quietist ,
- raging ,
- redundant ,
- relax ,
- relaxed ,
- reluctant ,
- remiss ,
- repose ,
- reserve ,
- resistless ,
- retired ,
- reverie ,
- revery ,
- riddle ,
- ridiculous ,
- risky ,
- rot ,
- rust ,
- rusty ,
- saunter ,
- savage ,
- semiretired ,
- senseless ,
- serene ,
- short ,
- shuffling ,
- silly ,
- sinecure ,
- sit ,
- sit back ,
- sit it out ,
- skin-deep ,
- skive ,
- slack ,
- sleep ,
- sleeveless ,
- slender ,
- slight ,
- sloth ,
- slothful ,
- slouch ,
- slow-footed ,
- slow-going ,
- slow-moving ,
- slow-paced ,
- slug ,
- sluggard ,
- slumber ,
- sluttish ,
- small talk ,
- smatter ,
- smolder ,
- smoulder ,
- snaillike ,
- somnolent ,
- soulless ,
- spare ,
- specious ,
- spiritless ,
- spoil ,
- squandered ,
- stagger along ,
- staggering ,
- stand ,
- stand still ,
- standpat ,
- sterile ,
- stock-still ,
- straggle ,
- strikebound ,
- stroll ,
- stupid ,
- stuporous ,
- superficial ,
- supine ,
- surface ,
- swig ,
- swooning ,
- table talk ,
- tactic ,
- tactics ,
- tarry ,
- tattle ,
- teatable talk ,
- tentative ,
- thin ,
- tick over ,
- tie up ,
- tinker ,
- tittle-tattle ,
- to no avail ,
- toddle ,
- torpid ,
- tortoiselike ,
- totter ,
- tottering ,
- toy ,
- traipse ,
- trifle away ,
- trifling ,
- tripping ,
- trite ,
- twiddle ,
- unaccented ,
- unaffected ,
- unambitious ,
- unanimated ,
- unavailing ,
- uncaring ,
- unclouded ,
- unconcerned ,
- uncultivated ,
- underactive ,
- undue ,
- uneffective ,
- unemployable ,
- unencumbered ,
- unenforceable ,
- unengaged ,
- unenterprising ,
- unexploited ,
- unfilled ,
- unfounded ,
- unfruitful ,
- ungrounded ,
- unhelpful ,
- unhurried ,
- unimportant ,
- uninspired ,
- uninterested ,
- uninvolved ,
- unjustifiable ,
- unjustified ,
- unmotivated ,
- unmoved ,
- unnecessary ,
- unoccupied ,
- unperturbed ,
- unproductive ,
- unprofitable ,
- unreal ,
- unreasonable ,
- unresponsive ,
- unrewarding ,
- unsatisfying ,
- unserviceable ,
- unshaken ,
- unsubstantial ,
- unsuccessful ,
- unsupportable ,
- unsupported ,
- unsustainable ,
- untenable ,
- untouched ,
- unusable ,
- unused ,
- unutilized ,
- unwarrantable ,
- unwarranted ,
- unwise ,
- use up ,
- useless ,
- vacant ,
- vacation ,
- vacuous ,
- vagabond ,
- valueless ,
- vapid ,
- vegetable ,
- void ,
- waddle ,
- waft ,
- wait ,
- wait and see ,
- wakeful ,
- walk ,
- wander ,
- wanton ,
- warm-up ,
- waste ,
- waste time ,
- wasted ,
- wasteful ,
- weak ,
- while ,
- wild ,
- wile ,
- windy ,
- wishy-washy ,
- without basis ,
- without reason ,
- word-play ,
- work-shy ,
- workshy ,
- worm ,
- worm along ,
- worthless .
- Drowsed ,
- Resting ,
- Slumbered ,
- be at ease ,
- be comfortable ,
- compose oneself ,
- drowse ,
- drowses ,
- drowsing ,
- ease off ,
- ease up ,
- eased up ,
- easing off ,
- lay by ,
- lay down ,
- lie down ,
- lie still ,
- lies down ,
- lying down ,
- put feet up ,
- refresh oneself ,
- sat down ,
- sit down ,
- slack off ,
- slacking off ,
- stretch out ,
- stretched out ,
- take a break ,
- take a nap ,
- take five ,
- take life easy ,
- take ten ,
- take time out ,
- takes a nap ,
- taking a break ,
- unbend ,
- unbended ,
- unbends ,
- unbent ,
- unlax ,
- wind down ,
- winding down .
- constipate ,
- constipates ,
- constipating ,
- go to seed ,
- goes to seed ,
- hibernate ,
- not move ,
- not moved ,
- standing still .
- Pottered ,
- Pottering ,
- Trifled ,
- Wantoned ,
- Wantoning ,
- amuse oneself ,
- be insincere ,
- futz around ,
- indulge in ,
- lead on ,
- leads on ,
- led on ,
- mess with ,
- monkey with ,
- played with ,
- potters ,
- used up ,
- using up ,
- wink at .
- Gainless ,
- Resultless ,
- Tenantless ,
- Unexercised ,
- anticlimactic ,
- apparently right ,
- asleep on job ,
- asleep on the job ,
- azoic ,
- brand- ,
- casuistic ,
- closed down ,
- de-activated ,
- defeasible ,
- desk-bound ,
- desker ,
- down and out ,
- emptyheaded ,
- energyless ,
- flipper ,
- forceless ,
- inactive ,
- inanimate ,
- itinerate ,
- laid back ,
- lethargic ,
- mint condition ,
- neb ,
- no avail ,
- no big deal ,
- no dice ,
- no effect ,
- no go ,
- no purpose ,
- no way ,
- nonanimal ,
- nonvegetable ,
- not effective ,
- not in use ,
- not use ,
- on a treadmill ,
- on layoff ,
- on treadmill ,
- out the window ,
- passive ,
- perambulatory ,
- rootless ,
- save one's breath ,
- sedentary ,
- slowgoing ,
- slumbering ,
- snoozy ,
- sophistical ,
- spinning one's wheels ,
- spring fever ,
- stagnant ,
- thrown away ,
- to let ,
- to no effect ,
- to no purpose ,
- tongue in cheek ,
- unapplied ,
- unemployed ,
- unenergetic ,
- unexpressive ,
- unlived in ,
- unplanted ,
- unplowed ,
- unprolific ,
- unready ,
- unseeded ,
- untenanted ,
- untilled ,
- without contents ,
- without gainful employment .
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How to use "Idle" in context?
"idle" typically refers to inactive behavior. It can be used to describe a person who is not engaged in any activity, or a thing that is not in use. Idle words or ideas can be distracting and can lead to inactivity or apathy.
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Equivalence
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Independent
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Adjective
fruitless, futile, hollow, inert, lazy, meaningless, passive, pointless, silent, unemployed, unencumbered, unexpended, unexploited, unnecessary, unproductive, unused, useless, vain, wait, unutilized, laid-up.
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Noun, singular or mass
downtime.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
empty.
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Proper noun, singular
inactivity.
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Noun, singular or mass
inactivity.
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Verb, base form
inactive.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Idle:
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state
operation.
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