Unscramble idle

Definition of idle

adjective:

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

noun:

• the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle".

verb:

• run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling". Synonyms: tick over. Antonyms: run.
• be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch", "He slugged in bed all morning". Synonyms: laze, slug, stagnate. Antonyms: work.

Related words

bum, daydream, loaf, loll, moon.

Words nearby

dle, idler, idly, isle, sidle.

Rhymes with

bridal, bridle, homicidal, idol, idyll, intertidal, seidel, sidle, suicidal, tidal.