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Doing nothing

Synonyms for "doing nothing" (137 found)

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General use (114)

Noun, verb(13 words)

stand drift slouch loiter dawdle lounge twiddle loafer sponging mope hang fire scrounging stand still

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun, verb(3 words)

delay coast laze

Adj, noun(12 words)

neutral passive inactive dormant parasitic idler laggard stationary good-for-nothing contemplative immobile laissez-faire

Adj, noun, verb(2 words)

Adjective(19 words)

quiescent meditative indolent stagnant remiss standpat slothful vegetative dilatory motionless shiftless unenterprising procrastinative nonaggressive quietistic work-shy drony dronish ergophobic

Adj, verb(2 words)

paralyzed stagnate

Noun(24 words)

lubber trifler sluggard lounger dawdler loiterer stick-in-the-mud lingerer faineant putterer clock watcher lotus-eater diddler quietist dallier potterer sloucher slugabed watch and wait moper

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loller doodler gentleman of leisure time killer

Verb(17 words)

loll let be procrastinating leave well enough alone let well enough alone hang around hibernate stand pat stagnating leave alone wait and see sit back loll around cadging lie around sit around stand around

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Informal (23)

Name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(4 words)

slug goldbrick loaf mooch

Adj, noun, slang(3 words)

static vegetable paralytic

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(3 words)

goof off vegetate bum around

Conj, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(3 words)

goof-off goldbricker lazybones

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