| Main Entry: | abstain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back from doing |
Synonyms: |
abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
Antonyms: |
indulge, use |
| Main Entry: | kill time |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste time |
Synonyms: |
amuse oneself, consume time, fritter away time, have leisure, idle away time, pass the time, sit on one's hands, summer, while away the time |
| Main Entry: | twiddle one's thumbs |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait and do nothing |
Synonyms: |
do nothing, not lift a finger, sit it out, sit on one's hands |