idle

Meaning of idle

adjective
  1. (of a person) avoiding work; lazy.
    idle students
  2. without purpose or effect; pointless.
    he did not want to waste valuable time in idle chatter
verb
  1. spend time doing nothing.
    four men were idling outside the shop
    we idled the afternoon away
  2. (of an engine) run slowly while disconnected from a load or out of gear.
    Nadine kept the engine idling

Old English īdel ‘empty, useless’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ijdel ‘vain, frivolous, useless’ and German eitel ‘bare, worthless’.

Information about idle

  • The plural form of idle is: idles.
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Hyphenation of idle

idle

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • idle is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

idle synonyms

Meaning baseless:

baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild

Meaning unused:

unused

Meaning light:

light

Meaning loose:

loose

Meaning dead:

dead

Meaning jobless:

jobless

Meaning laze:

laze, slug, stagnate

Meaning unwilling to work or use energy:

lazy

Meaning wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy:

indolent

Meaning lazy:

slothful

Meaning characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition:

shiftless

Meaning spend one's time in an aimless, idle way:

loafing

Meaning not engaging in or involving any or much physical activity:

inactive

Meaning lacking the ability or strength to move:

inert

Meaning lacking energy or alertness:

sluggish

Meaning affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic:

lethargic

Meaning characterized by tiredness or inactivity, especially of a pleasurable kind:

languorous

Meaning (of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm:

listless

Meaning mentally or physically inactive; lethargic:

torpid

Meaning lacking care or attention to duty; negligent:

remiss

Meaning failing to take proper care over something:

negligent

Meaning not taut or held tightly in position; loose:

slack

Meaning not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful:

lax

Meaning lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy:

lackadaisical

Meaning not feeling or showing emotion:

impassive

Meaning acting or done at leisure; unhurried or relaxed:

leisurely

Meaning serving no practical purpose or result:

otiose

Meaning not having any serious purpose or value:

frivolous

Meaning of little value or importance:

trivial

Meaning unimportant or trivial:

trifling

Meaning lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance:

minor

Meaning of little importance; trivial:

petty

Meaning lacking good sense or judgement; unwise:

foolish

Meaning of thin material or build and weighing less than average:

lightweight

Meaning of little depth:

shallow

Meaning existing or occurring at or on the surface:

superficial

Meaning too small or unimportant to be worth consideration:

insignificant

Meaning lacking in importance or significance:

unimportant

Meaning having no real value or use:

worthless

Meaning having no value; worthless:

valueless

Meaning having little or no sense, use, or purpose:

pointless

Meaning (of an amount) very small or meagre:

paltry

Meaning causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety:

niggling

Meaning relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something:

peripheral

Meaning lacking sense or meaning; silly:

inane

Meaning silly and pointless:

fatuous

Meaning lacking common sense; wildly foolish:

senseless

Meaning having no meaning or significance:

meaningless

Meaning done or made with no discernible point or purpose:

purposeless

Meaning not needed:

unnecessary

Meaning live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way:

vegetate

Meaning (of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak:

languish

Meaning decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally:

degenerate

Meaning slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect:

moulder

Meaning behave in a lazy, indolent, or clumsy way:

slummock

Meaning spend time aimlessly; idle:

lollygag

Meaning waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters:

fritter

Meaning pass time in a leisurely manner:

while

Meaning stand or wait around without apparent purpose:

loiter

Meaning move or cause to move in a specified direction:

pass

Meaning give (money) to pay for goods, services, or so as to benefit someone or something:

spend

Meaning take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ:

use

Meaning give work to (someone) and pay them for it:

employ

Meaning reside or have one's place of business in (a building):

occupy

Meaning cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full:

fill

Meaning charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way:

beguile

Meaning spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy):

expend

Meaning give all or most of one's time or resources to (a person or activity):

devote

Meaning use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose:

waste

Meaning (with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear:

dissipate

Meaning cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):

kill

idle antonyms

Meaning diligent and hard-working:

industrious

Meaning demanding or characterized by careful consideration or application:

serious

Meaning having meaning:

meaningful

Anagrams of idle

deil, deli, diel, eild, Idel, Leid, Lide, lied

Words that rhyme with idle

daidle, paidle, Bidle, didle, unidle, bridle, overidle, unbridle, crabsidle, sidle

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