Thesaurus:loiter
English
Verb
Sense: to be idle
Synonyms
- arse about
- arse around
- bludge (Australia, NZ, slang)
- bum around
- cabbage (slang)
- clown around
- dally
- dawdle
- dick about
- dick around
- diddle
- dilly-dally
- dretch (Scotland)
- drumble (obsolete)
- faff
- faff about
- faff around
- fanny about
- fanny around
- fart about
- fart around
- fiddle about
- fiddle around
- fool about
- fool around
- footle
- forslow
- goof around
- goof off
- hang about
- hang around
- hang out
- horse around
- idle
- jerk off (vulgar)
- lallygag
- lamp (slang)
- laze
- laze about
- laze around
- linger
- loaf
- loaf about
- loaf around
- loiter
- lollop
- lollygag
- mess around
- mill about
- mill around
- muck about
- muck around
- piddle
- pingle (Britian, dialectal)
- stand by
- tarry [⇒ thesaurus]
- tool around
- waste time
- while [⇒ thesaurus]
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- dally
- dandle (obsolete)
- daydream
- doodle
- doze
- doze off
- fall asleep [⇒ thesaurus]
- lounge
- nap
- procrastinate [⇒ thesaurus]
- relax
- space out
- stone (Singapore, slang)
- trifle [⇒ thesaurus]
- tune out (idiomatic)
- veg out
- wander
- woolgather
- zone
- zone out
Hypernyms
- move slowly [⇒ thesaurus]
Various
See also
Further reading
- “683. inactivity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “275. slowness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “loiter” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.