| Main Entry: | dawdle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay; waste time |
Synonyms: |
amble, bum around, dally, diddle-daddle, dilly-dally, drag, fool around, fritter away, get no place fast, goof off, hang around, hang out*, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey, poke*, procrastinate, put off, saunter, scrounge around, shlep along, sit around, sit on one's butt, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trifle, wait, warm a chair |
Antonyms: |
forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed |
| Main Entry: | goof off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid work |
Synonyms: |
bum around, coast, diddle, dog it, doodle, drag one's feet, featherbed, fiddle around, fluff off, fool around, hang around, hang out, horse around, lollygag, mess around, monkey around, putz around, screw off, shirk, slack, take it easy |
| Main Entry: | loaf |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be idle, lazy |
Synonyms: |
be inactive, be indolent, be slothful, be unoccupied, bum around, bum*, dally, dillydally, dream, drift, evade, fool around, fritter away, goldbrick, hang out*, idle, kill time, knock around, laze, let down, lie, loiter, loll, lounge, lounge around, malinger, not lift a finger, pass time, piddle, relax, saunter, shirk, sit around, slack, slow down, stall, stand around, stroll, take it easy, trifle, twiddle thumbs, vegetate, waste time, while away hours |
Antonyms: |
achieve, do, energize, labor, work hard |
| Main Entry: | roam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander about |
Synonyms: |
bum around, bum*, drift, gad, gallivant, hike, hit the road, knock around, meander, peregrinate, prowl, ramble, range, rove, saunter, straggle, stray, stroll, struggle along, traipse, tramp, travel, traverse, trek, vagabond, walk |
| Main Entry: | bat around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel |
Synonyms: |
bum, bum around, cruise, drift, knock about, meander, roam, tour, wander |
Antonyms: |
stay put |
| Main Entry: | frig around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be lazy |
Synonyms: |
bum around, diddle around, fool around, lounge around, muck about, waste time |
| Main Entry: | laze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | idle |
Synonyms: |
be inactive, be indolent, be slothful, be unoccupied, bum around, bum*, dally, dillydally, dream, drift, evade, fool around, fritter away, goldbrick, hang out*, kill time, knock around, let down, lie, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, lounge around, malinger, not lift a finger, pass time, piddle, relax, saunter, shirk, sit around, slack, slow down, stall, stand around, stroll, take it easy, trifle, twiddle thumbs, vegetate, waste time, while away hours |