Words and phrases that have a meaning related to idle: (237 results)
Often used in the same context:
dormant, unused, empty, underutilized, unproductive, mothballed, untended, unattended, unexploited, fallow, inactive, shuttered, motionless, unsold, nonproduction, unassigned, unfilled, uncleaned, spare, decommissioned, vacant, unwatched, uncultivated, lowly, underused, fritter away, immobile, derelict, undisturbed, silent, lazy, stagnant, unplayed, unallocated, unoccupied, catbird seat, inoperative, crank, unheated, unmotivated, untouched, meaningless, mere, quiet, barren, unclaimed, dilapidated, productive, nonproductive, languishing, strikebound, undefended, deadhead, useless, overstocked, stationary, depleted, unavenged, unfed, sedentary, indolent, comatose, moribund, coasting, shiftless, hungry, pointless, unneeded, repossessed, hunker down, unexamined, purposeless, unprotected, dry dock, mute, forlorn, roofless, fewer, mindless, obsolescent, unsown, lifeless, unmolested, decrepit, exploitable, leisurely, unrefreshed, unspent, obsolete, unaccessible, listless, noisy, unpaid, horsepower, unread, overfed, unreclaimed, unwatered, indefinite, slothful, inattentive, unscheduled, adieu, buck, disappearing, dying, gallant, knave, papa, schoolboys, short, timers, tom, adders, anglo, anna, apprentice, apprentices, betimes, blind, boys, brood, foolish, idlest, silly, thoughtless, anxious, crazy, happiest, happier, happy, craziest, innocent, pleasant, queer, saddest, scary, vain, carefree, childish, frivolous
More specific:
arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, daydream, frig around, lie about, lie around, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, moon, moon around, moon on, ride the bench, warm the bench, waste one's time
Appears in the definition of:
., arse about, arse around, at leisurep, blether, bone-idle, bone-lazy, bum, bum about, bum around, chin music, commercial paper, daydreamer, faineance, frig around, goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idleness, idle talk, idly, inactive, lackadaisical, lackadaisically, laze, lazily, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, mingling, moon, moon around, moon on, ne'er-do-well, painted, prate, prattle, slack, slug, sluggard, speculate, stagnate, talk, talk of the town, tick over, twiddle, waste one's time, whittler, woolgatherer, woolgathering
Synonyms:
Also try:at liberty, baseless, dead, faineant, goldbricking, groundless, irresponsible, jobless, leisure, leisured, light, loose, otiose, out of work, unemployed, unengaged, unfounded, unprofitable, unsupported, unwarranted, work-shy
— Nouns for idle: time, curiosity, talk, hours, hands, words, life, men, man, speed, capacity, more...
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