ADJECTIVE | all | idle | not in action or at work |
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all | idle, baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild | without a basis in reason or fact | |
all | idle, unused | not in active use | |
all | idle, light | silly or trivial | |
all | idle, loose | lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility | |
all | idle, dead | not yielding a return | |
all | idle, jobless, out of work | not having a job | |
VERB | contact | idle, tick over | run disconnected or idle |
social | idle, laze, slug, stagnate | be idle | |
NOUN | state | idle | the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling |
Sounds | ay'dahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | not in action or at work. | |
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Narrower | bone-idle, bone-lazy | constitutionally lazy or idle |
faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy | disinclined to work or exertion | |
lackadaisical | idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way | |
leisured | Free from duties or responsibilities | |
unengaged | not busy or occupied | |
See also | ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual | not producing an intended effect |
unemployed | not engaged in a gainful occupation | |
Opposite | busy | actively or fully engaged or occupied |
Spanish | desempleado, desocupado, parado | |
Catalan | aturat, desocupat, parat | |
Nouns | idleness | the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work |
Adverbs | idly | in an idle manner |
Meaning | Without a basis in reason or fact. | |
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Example | "idle fears" | |
Synonyms | baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild | |
Broader | unsupported | not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid |
Spanish | infundada, infundado | |
Catalan | immotivat, infundat | |
Nouns | idleness | the quality of lacking substance or value |
Meaning | not in active use. | |
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Synonym | unused | |
Broader | inactive | lacking activity |
Spanish | parado | |
Catalan | aturat, parat | |
Nouns | idleness | having no employment / employment |
Meaning | Silly or trivial. | |
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Synonym | light | |
Broader | frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior |
Meaning | lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility. | |
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Example | "idle talk" | |
Synonym | loose | |
Broader | irresponsible | showing lack of care for consequences |
Spanish | insustancial |
Meaning | not yielding a return. | |
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Example | "idle funds" | |
Synonym | dead | |
Broader | unprofitable | producing little or no profit or gain |
Spanish | desocupado, muerto |
Meaning | not having a job. | |
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Example | "idle carpenters" | |
Synonyms | jobless, out of work | |
Broader | unemployed | not engaged in a gainful occupation |
Spanish | desempleado, inempleado, parado | |
Nouns | idleness | having no employment / employment |
Meaning | The state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling. | |
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Example | "the car engine was running at idle" | |
Broader | operation | The state of being in effect or being operative |
Meaning | Run disconnected or idle. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonym | tick over | |
Opposite | run | Be operating, running or functioning |
Meaning | Be idle; exist in a changeless situation. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | laze, slug, stagnate | |
Narrower | bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about | Be lazy or idle |
daydream, moon | Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake | |
lie about, lie around | hang around idly | |
moon, moon around, moon on | Be idle in a listless or dreamy way | |
ride the bench, warm the bench | Be out of the game / game / game | |
Opposite | work | Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
Spanish | gandulear, haraganear, holgazanear | |
Catalan | gandulejar, mandrejar | |
Nouns | idler | person who does no work |
idling | having no employment / employment |
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