Idle

/ˈaɪd(ə)l/

Synonyms for "idle" (451 found)

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Closest matches (91)

Adjective(10 words)

unused baseless becalmed dawdle deaddormant systemfallow land managementfallow land policyfallow land usefallow soil

abortive absurd airy amble ambling asinine asleepat a standstillat anchorat leisureat libertyat loose endsavailable baselessbe a sidelinerbe stillbootless brogue bumbum around

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catchpenny cautious circumspect claudicant claudicate coast contemplative coquet crawl crawling creep creepingcreeping like snaildabble dallydally awaydead-still delay deliberate diddlediddle awaydisengageddo nothingdo-nothingdog itdogtrot dormant dragdrag alongdrag outdribble awaydriftdrivel awaydrone easy empty faineant fallow faltering fatuitous fatuous fiddlefiddle faddlefiddle withfiddle-faddle fidgetfidget with

Noun(9 words)

at restdead channeldeserted islanddiddling doss drivellingfallow landfallowing fallows

Verb(5 words)

backgrounded benched deactivated demobilized fallowed

Strong matches (135)

finger withfixed flagging fleet flimsy flirt foolfool aroundfool awayfool withfoolishfoot draggingfoot-dragging free fribble fribblingfritter awayfrivol frivolous frothy

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fruitless fust futile gentlego dead slowgo slowgoldbrickgoof offgradual groundless halting hanghang aroundhang firehibernate hobble hobbled hobbling hollowhorse aroundidle awayill-founded immobile immotive inactive inane inchinch alongindolent inert insignificantjerk offjobless jog-trotkid aroundkillkill timelackadaisicallaissez fairelaissez-aller laissez-faire lallygag languid languorous latent laze lazy leisure leisured leisurely lethargiclie aroundlie dormantlight limp limping linger listless loaf loafing loiterloiter aboutloitering lollloll aroundlollop aroundlollygag loungelounge aroundlumbering lumpenmark timemeaningless meditativemess aroundmoderate monkey

Noun(6 words)

footling idling lallygagginglarge amount of timelollygagging lounging

Verb(16 words)

freed gadding goofed hibernating idled laze lazed lazes lazing loafed loafs loitered loiters lolling lollygagged maunder

Adjective(16 words)

futile groundless hum idlest inactiveinactive mechanismsinactive personinactive switchjobless laze laziestlazy studentlight loaf looselost time

Related words (225)

monkey aroundmoochmooch aroundmoonmoon aroundmosey motionless moveless muckmuddle awayneuter neutralnot budgenot stirnugacious nugatory offoff dutyoff workopen

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otioseout of commissionout of employout of harnessout of workparalytic paralyzed passive piddlepiss awayplayplay aroundplay withpointless pokepoke alongpoking poky potterpotter awayprocrastinating putter quiescent quiet quietist quietistic redundant relax relaxed reluctant repose rest resting retiredriding at anchorsaunter sauntering semiretired senseless shallow shiftlessshuffle alongshuffling silly sitsit aroundsit backsit it outslack sleep sleepy slender slight slothful slouchslouch aroundslowslow as deathslow as molassesslow as slowslow-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 speciousstagger alongstaggering stagnant stagnate stagnating standstand aroundstandpat static stationary statuelike stillstock stillstock-still stroll strolling superficial supinetake it easytarry tentative tinker toddletoddle alongtoddling tortoiselike tottertotter alongtottering toytoy withtraipse trifletrifle awaytrifling trite 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 vacant vacuous vain vapid vegetable vegetate vegetative void waddle waddlingwait and seewalk wastewatch and waitwhile awaywindywithout basiswithout foundationworkless wormworm alongworthless

Noun(14 words)

moseyingmost inactivenonproduction pottering potters putteringresting capacityshutdown slacking slumberingstandby modetime-wastingunplanted fieldswhiling

Adjective(18 words)

nonoperational hoursnonsignalout of workpointless purrromanian pasivitatesedentary underusedunexecuted pathunfoundedunoccupied regionunproductiveunspent hoursunutilizedunutilized capacityunwarranted wild zero-output

Adjective(1 words)

obsolete

Verb(11 words)

parked paused piddled slug stagnatetick overvegetated vegetates vegetatingwaste timewiled

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

8 entries

actinactive statemovenonproductive activityoperate operation run

More specific

9 entries

dawdle dormantempty talkidle chatteridling laze loafnonsense talkunoccupied

Collocations

9 entries

idle chatteridle curiosityidle engineidle gossipidle handsidle momentidle threatidle timeidling engine

Inflections

5 entries

idled idles idlingmore idlemost idle

Derivations

6 entries

idled idleness idler idles idling idly

Antonyms

3 entries

busy run work

similar

20 entries

bone-idle bone-lazy faineant frivolous inactive indolent ineffective ineffectual irresponsible lackadaisical lazy leisured otiose slothful uneffective unemployed

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Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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You are idle to the bone.

Source: tatoeba (9593)

Some boys are diligent, others are idle.

Source: tatoeba (18844)

I spent idle days during the vacation.

Source: tatoeba (19781)

The machines are idle now.

Source: tatoeba (20483)

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