Unscramble idler

Definition of idler

adjective:

• not in action or at work; "an idle laborer", "idle drifters", "the idle rich", "an idle mind". Synonyms: idle. Antonyms: busy.
• without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip", "the allegations proved groundless", "idle fears", "unfounded suspicions", "unwarranted jealousy". Synonyms: baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild.
• not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike", "idle hands". Synonyms: idle, unused.
• silly or trivial; "idle pleasure", "light banter", "light idle chatter". Synonyms: idle, light.
• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk", "a loose tongue". Synonyms: idle, loose.
• not yielding a return; "dead capital", "idle funds". Synonyms: dead, idle.
• not having a job; "idle carpenters", "jobless transients", "many people in the area were out of work". Synonyms: idle, jobless, out of work.

noun:

• person who does no work; "a lazy bum". Synonyms: bum, do-nothing, layabout, loafer.

Related words

dallier, dawdler, daydreamer, dillydallier, drone, goldbrick, laggard, lagger, lazybones, loon, lounger, mope, poke, shirker, slacker, slug, slugabed, sluggard, spiv, sunbather, trailer, trifler, whittler, woolgatherer.

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