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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
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