Idle

Adjective for Idle

 * 1)  Empty, vacant.
 * 2) Not turned to appropriate use; not occupied.
 * idle hours
 * 1) Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing.
 * idle workmen
 * 1) Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
 * an idle fellow
 * 1) Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
 * an idle story; idle talk; idle rumor

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:lazy

Verb

 * 1)  To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
 * 2)  To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
 * 3)  Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick-over.

Adverbs for Idle
vexatiously; languidly; lazily; slothfully; constitutionally; preferably; naturally; habitually; obesely; contemptibly;  selfishly; sleepily; delightfully; continually; obstinately; stupidly; deliberately; torpidly; stubbornly; irresponsibly; reprehensibly; inexcusably; unduly; remarkably; strangely; unusually; frivolously; disreputably; intellectually; listlessly; aimlessly; wantonly; blissfully; degenerately; disgracefully; talkatively; dreadfully.

Thesaurus
abortive, absurd, airy, amble, ambling, asinine, asleep, at a standstill, at anchor, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, available, baseless, be a sideliner, be still, bootless, brogue, bum, bum around, catchpenny, cautious, circumspect, claudicant, claudicate, coast, contemplative, coquet, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, creeping like snail, dabble, dally, dally away, dead-still, delay, deliberate, diddle, diddle away, disengaged, do nothing, do-nothing, dog it, dogtrot, dormant, drag, drag along, drag out, dribble away, drift, drivel away, drone, easy, empty, faineant, fallow, faltering, fatuitous, fatuous, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle-faddle, fidget with, finger with, fixed, flagging, flimsy, flirt, fool, fool around, fool away, fool with, foolish, foot-dragging, free, fribble, fribbling, fritter away, frivol, frivolous, frothy, fruitless, fust, futile, gentle, go dead slow, go slow, goldbrick, goof off, gradual, groundless, halting, hang around, hang fire, hibernate, hobble, hobbled, hobbling, hollow, horse around, idle away, ill-founded, immobile, immotive, inactive, inane, inch, inch along, indolent, inert, insignificant, jerk off, jobless, jog-trot, kid around, kill, kill time, lackadaisical, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, lallygag, languid, languorous, laze, lazy, leisure, leisured, leisurely, lethargic, lie around, lie dormant, light, limp, limping, linger, listless, loaf, loafing, loiter, loiter about, loitering, loll, loll around, lollop around, lollygag, lounge, lounge around, lumbering, lumpen, mark time, meaningless, meditative, mess around, moderate, monkey, monkey around, mooch, mooch around, moon, moon around, mosey, motionless, moveless, muddle away, neuter, neutral, not budge, not stir, nugacious, nugatory, off, off duty, off work, open, otiose, out of commission, out of employ, out of harness, out of work, paralytic, paralyzed, passive, piddle, piss away, play, play around, play with, pointless, poke, poke along, poking, poky, potter, potter away, procrastinating, putter, quiescent, quiet, quietist, quietistic, redundant, relax, relaxed, reluctant, repose, rest, resting, retired, riding at anchor, saunter, sauntering, semiretired, senseless, shallow, shiftless, shuffle along, shuffling, silly, sit around, sit back, sit it out, slack, sleep, sleepy, slender, slight, slothful, slouch, slouch around, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow, slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged, slow-moving, slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing, slow-stepped, sluggish, slumber, smatter, smolder, snail-paced, snaillike, spare, stagger along, staggering, stagnant, stagnate, stagnating, stand around, standpat, static, stationary, statuelike, still, stock-still, stroll, strolling, superficial, take it easy, tarry, tentative, tinker, toddle, toddle along, toddling, tortoiselike, totter along, tottering, toy, toy with, traipse, trifle, trifle away, trifling, trite, trivial, trudging, turtlelike, twiddle, unavailing, unbased, unemployable, unemployed, unfounded, unfruitful, ungrounded, unhurried, unimportant, unmoved, unmoving, unoccupied, unproductive, unsupportable, unsupported, unsustainable, unsustained, untenable, unused, unwarranted, useless, vacuous, vain, vapid, vegetable, vegetate, vegetative, waddle, waddling, wait and see, walk, waste, watch and wait, while away, windy, without basis, without foundation, workless, worm, worm along, worthless

Etymology
idel:, from West *undefined:. Cognate with Dutch ijdel:, German eitel:.

Adjective

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: inactief
 * Greek: αδρανής
 * Italian: ,


 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese: 闲 (xián)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: nietsdoend
 * Finnish: joutilas, toimeton
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 暇な (ひまな, hima na)
 * Korean: 게으른 (geeureun)
 * Latin: otiosus
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: overksam


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek: οκνηρός
 * Italian:, ,  ,


 * Latin: otiosus
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish: vagabundo
 * Swahili:


 * Czech: nepotřebný,
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: άχρηστος, ανώφελος


 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Swahili:

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:, girare a vuoto,  sprecare tempo,  sciupare nell'ozio


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: flojear
 * Swahili:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: olla vapaalla,
 * French:
 * Hebrew:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: perder tempo
 * Swahili:


 * Finnish: olla joutokäynnillä
 * Italian: girare al minimo,


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:

Related terms

 * idler

Anagrams

 * deli
 * diel
 * lied