idle (313 synonym found)

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abortive
absurd
airy
amble
ambling
asinine
asleep
at a standstill
at anchor
at leisure
at liberty
at loose ends
available
baseless
be a sideliner
be still
bootless
brogue
bum around
catchpenny
cautious
circumspect
claudicant
claudicate
contemplative
coquet
crawl
crawling
creep
creeping
creeping like snail
dabble
dally
dally away
dead-still
diddle
diddle away
disengaged
do nothing
dog it
dogtrot
dormant
drag
drag along
drag out
dribble away
drift
drivel away
drone
easy
empty
faineant
fallow
faltering
fatuitous
fatuous
fiddle
fiddle with
fiddle-faddle
fidget with
finger with
fixed
flagging
flimsy
flirt
fool around
fool away
fool with
foolish
foot-dragging
free
fribble
fribbling
fritter away
frivol
frivolous
frothy
fruitless
fust
futile
gentle
go dead slow
go slow
goldbrick
goof off
gradual
groundless
halting
hang around
hang fire
hibernate
hobble
hobbled
hobbling
hollow
horse around
idle away
ill-founded
immobile
immotive
inactive
inane
inch
inch along
indolent
inert
insignificant
jerk off
jobless
jog-trot
kid around
kill
kill time
lackadaisical
laissez-aller
laissez-faire
lallygag
languid
languorous
laze
lazy
leisure
leisured
leisurely
lethargic
lie around
lie dormant
limp
limping
linger
listless
loafing
loiter about
loitering
loll
loll around
lollop around
lollygag
lounge
lounge around
lumbering
lumpen
mark time
meaningless
meditative
mess around
moderate
monkey
monkey around
mooch
mooch around
moon
moon around
mosey
motionless
moveless
muddle away
neuter
neutral
not budge
not stir
nugacious
nugatory
off
off duty
off work
open
operation
otiose
out of commission
out of employ
out of harness
out of work
paralytic
paralyzed
passive
piddle
piss away
play around
play with
pointless
poke along
poking
poky
potter
potter away
procrastinating
putter
quiescent
quietist
quietistic
redundant
reluctant
repose
rest
resting
retired
riding at anchor
saunter
sauntering
semiretired
senseless
shallow
shiftless
shuffle along
shuffling
silly
sit around
sit back
sit it out
slack
sleep
sleepy
slender
slight
slothful
slouch
slouch around
slow
slow as death
slow as molasses
slow as slow
slow-crawling
slow-foot
slow-going
slow-legged
slow-moving
slow-paced
slow-poky
slow-running
slow-sailing
slow-stepped
sluggish
slumber
smatter
smolder
snail-paced
snaillike
spare
stagger along
staggering
stagnant
stagnate
stagnating
stand around
standpat
static
stationary
statuelike
still
stock-still
stroll
strolling
superficial
take it easy
tarry
tentative
tinker
toddle
toddle along
toddling
tortoiselike
totter along
tottering
toy
toy with
traipse
trifle
trifle away
trifling
trivial
trudging
turtlelike
twiddle
unavailing
unbased
unemployable
unemployed
unfounded
unfruitful
ungrounded
unhurried
unimportant
unmoved
unmoving
unoccupied
unproductive
unsupportable
unsupported
unsustainable
unsustained
untenable
unused
unwarranted
useless
vacuous
vain
vapid
vegetate
vegetative
waddle
waddling
wait and see
walk
watch and wait
while away
windy
without basis
without foundation
workless
worm
worm along
worthless
Definition of idle:

(adj) : Empty, vacant; not turned to appropriate use; not occupied
"idle hours"
(v) : to spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; to lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business
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Definition of idle:

(adj) : Empty, vacant; not turned to appropriate use; not occupied
"idle hours"
(v) : to spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; to lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business
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