Synonyms of idles

idles

verb

present tense third-person singular of idle

as in lazes

to spend time doing nothing

she likes to idle during the summer and recharge herself for the fall semester

we idled away the evening relaxing around the campfire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lazes
• dawdles
• rests
• relaxes
• strolls
• lolls
• plays
• loafs
• chills
• lounges
• mucks
• bums
• lingers
• dallies
• pokes
• goofs (off)
• hangs (around or out)
• lazies
• kicks back
• drones
• kills time
• hacks (around)
• hibernates
• hangs about
• loiters
• dillydallies
• footles
• veges out
• lags
• ambles
• twiddles one's thumbs
• messes
• vegges out
• saunters
• moseys
• piddles
• dozes
• fools
• aestivates
• kicks around
• tarries
• estivates
• monkeys
• trifles
• putters (around)
• potters (around)
• fiddles (around)
• malingers
• goldbricks
• swans
• truants
• furloughs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• works
• grinds
• slaves
• plods
• plugs
• plows
• labors
• sweats
• toils
• hustles
• pegs
• humps
• applies
• grubs
• drudges
• buckles (down)
• exerts
• moils
• travails
• puts out