idle

Speech parts

1. idle - Noun

2. idle - Adjective

3. idle - Verb

5. idle - Adjective Satellite

6. Idle - Proper noun

Meaning

Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.

Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.

Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.

Light-headed; foolish.

To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.

To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

unemployed inactive unused vain futile pointless sluggish unoccupied jobless out of work slack useless dormant lazy ineffectual
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Antonyms

work run busy reed hare bullock
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Hypernyms

operation

Hyponyms

moon daydream loaf fuck off bum loll

Phrases with the word

idle hands are the Devil's tools idle hours idle chatter idle chat idle man idle observer

Derivatives

idled idling

Anagrams

deil eild lied deli diel Lide

Examples

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Close letter words and terms

idjit idjut IDL idle about idle around idle asset