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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | idle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Not occupied or put to use. |
| Synonyms: | inactive, unemployed, unused, vacant |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | idle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | aimless, barren, baseless, dally, dawdle, deserted, dormant, empty, faineant, fallow, futile, inactive, indolent, ineffectual, lackadaisical, laze, lazy, leisure, loaf, loiter, motionless, otiose, relax, slothful, stationary, still, superfluous, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unfounded, unoccupied, unused, useless, vacant, vacuous, vain, waste, worthless |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | idle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Synonyms: | aimlessness, idleness, idling, inaction, inactivity, indolence, leisure, otiosity, triviality |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | idle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To pass time without working or in avoiding work. |
| Synonyms: | bum, laze, loaf, loiter, lounge, shirk |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | idle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work. |
| Synonyms: | dawdle, fiddle away, kill, trifle away, waste, while, wile |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | baseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Having no basis or foundation in fact. |
| Synonyms: | bottomless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | empty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Lacking value, use, or substance. |
| Synonyms: | hollow, otiose, vacant, vain |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Marked by a lack of action or activity. |
| Synonyms: | inert, inoperative |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | lazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | Resistant to exertion and activity. |
| Synonyms: | fainéant, indolent, shiftless, slothful, sluggard, sluggish |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | tie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To cause to cease regular activity. |
| Synonyms: | immobilize, stop, tie up |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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