Synonyms of idling

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noun

as in loafing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loafing
• lounging
• interval
• slacking
• interim
• legal holiday
• rest
• intermission
• holy day
• relaxation
• breather
• feast
• respite
• furlough
• liberty
• vacation
• sabbatical
• leave
• holiday
• recess
• hols
• break

idling

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verb

present participle of idle

as in lounging

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

• loafing
• lounging
• resting
• dawdling
• chilling
• strolling
• lazing
• playing
• bumming
• droning
• relaxing
• lazying
• lolling
• dillydallying
• poking
• footling
• hanging (around or out)
• killing time
• mucking
• vegging out
• hacking (around)
• lingering
• kicking back
• dallying
• goofing (off)
• messing
• hanging about
• dozing
• loitering
• hibernating
• twiddling one's thumbs
• piddling
• monkeying
• kicking around
• lagging
• sauntering
• trifling
• aestivating
• fooling
• ambling
• estivating
• fiddling (around)
• moseying
• puttering (around)
• pottering (around)
• tarrying
• swanning
• goldbricking
• truanting
• malingering
• furloughing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• laboring
• plowing
• grinding
• sweating
• toiling
• plugging
• hustling
• slaving
• plodding
• humping
• grubbing
• pegging
• applying
• drudging
• buckling (down)
• moiling
• travailing
• exerting
• putting out