Synonyms of mess around

mess around

verb

1

as in to play

to spend time in aimless activity

spent the vacation day just messing around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• play
• fool around
• goof (around)
• fiddle (around)
• hang about
• putter (around)
• potter (around)
• monkey (around)
• kick around
• doodle
• fribble
• trifle
• hang (around or out)
• lounge
• horse around
• clown (around)
• idle
• loaf
• dawdle
• diddle (with)
• tinker
• loll
• dillydally
• dally

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• set (to)
• settle (down)
• buckle (down)
• knuckle down

2

as in to flirt

to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun

a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flirt
• toy
• trifle
• coquette
• coquet
• play (with)
• put on
• lead on
• woo
• frivol
• vamp
• fool
• string along
• tease
• court
• mash
• dally
• rib
• kid
• manipulate
• razz
• josh

3

as in to travel

to come or be together as friends

if you continue to mess around with such narrow-minded boobs, you'll begin to think and act like them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• travel
• associate
• hang (around or out)
• run
• bond
• connect
• hook up
• mix
• join
• collaborate
• pal (around)
• rub shoulders (with)
• take up with
• company
• relate
• fall in with
• mingle
• sort
• rub elbows (with)
• keep company (with)
• befriend
• consort
• fraternize
• cooperate
• consociate
• get along
• friend
• be friends with
• get on
• chum
• rally
• tie
• club
• hobnob
• link
• attach
• couple
• group
• affiliate
• side
• ally
• team
• knot
• socialize
• league
• gang
• confederate
• band
• interrelate
• collude
• conjoin
• wed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• shun
• split (up)
• snub
• alienate
• break up
• split
• cold-shoulder
• disperse
• disband
• sever
• divorce
• estrange
• dissociate
• disunite
• disjoin
• sunder

Examples of mess around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Because the gold medal winning women's gymnastics team name is not messing around. —Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 31 July 2024

And because Tula doesn’t mess around, the brand put the primer to the test through several subject trials. —Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2024

Jack White is not messing around and doesn’t want to be associated with Donald Trump and his third presidential run for the White House. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2024

Suite Life of Zack & Cody star Dylan Sprouse wasn’t willing to mess around and find out, as his former costar Kim Rhodes revealed in a recent interview. —Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024