| Main Entry: | waste time |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | idle away time |
Synonyms: |
burn daylight, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, fiddle about, fritter away time, goof off, kill time, linger, loiter, lollygag, lose time, pass the time, piddle, procrastinate, shilly-shally, take one's own sweet time, take one's time, tarry, while away the time |
| Main Entry: | dally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle, delay |
Synonyms: |
boondoggle, drag, fool around, fool with, fritter away, hang about, horse around, idle, jerk off, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag, play around, play games with, procrastinate, put off, putter, tarry, trail, trifle with, waste time, while away |
Antonyms: |
hasten, hurry, push, rush |
| Main Entry: | hang about/hang around/hang out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | associate with; be residing in |
Synonyms: |
abide, affect, dally, frequent, get along with, haunt, have relations with, linger, live, loiter, reside, resort, roam, spend time, stand around, swell, tarry, waste time |
Antonyms: |
condemn |
| 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: | loiter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang around; stroll |
Synonyms: |
amble, dabble, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, drag, flag, fritter away, get no place fast, halt, hover, idle, lag, linger, loaf, loll, lounge, pass time, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, ramble, saunter, shamble, shuffle, slacken, slough, tarry, trail, traipse, wait, waste time |
Antonyms: |
hurry, leave, rush, vamoose |
| Main Entry: | moon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dream about; desire |
Synonyms: |
daydream, idle, languish, mope, pine, waste time, yearn |
Antonyms: |
abhor, despise, dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | mope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pout, be dejected |
Synonyms: |
ache, be apathetic, be down in the mouth, be gloomy, be in a funk, bleed, brood, chafe, despair, despond, droop, eat one's heart out, fret, grieve, grumble, grump, idle, lament, languish, lose heart, moon, pine, pine away, regret, repine, sink, stew over, sulk, sweat over, waste time, wear a long face, yearn |
Antonyms: |
be elated, be happy |
| Main Entry: | trifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toy with; mess around |
Synonyms: |
amuse oneself, be insincere, coquet, dabble, dally, dawdle, dilly-dally, doodle, fidget, flirt, fool, fool around, fool with, fribble, fritter, futz around, horse around, idle, indulge in, lead on, loiter, lollygag, lounge, mess with, misuse, monkey, monkey with, palter, philander, play, play games with, play with, potter, putter, squander, string along, toy, twiddle, use up, wanton, waste, waste time, wink at |
| 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: | hang around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | associate |
Synonyms: |
abide, affect, dally, frequent, glom, hang about, hang out, haunt, linger, live, loiter, reside, resort, roam, spend time, swell, tarry, waste time |