Thesaurus / idled
other words for idled
- decrease
- diminish
- fail
- fall off
- falter
- slacken
- slow
- trail
- wane
- dally
- dawdle
- dillydally
- drag
- ebb
- flag
- hobble
- idle
- inch
- jelly
- limp
- linger
- loiter
- lounge
- plod
- poke
- procrastinate
- retard
- saunter
- shuffle
- slouch
- stagger
- stay
- straggle
- tail
- tarry
- tool
- trudge
- be behind
- get no place fast
- hang back
- inch along
- lose strength
- put off
- slow up
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opposites of idled
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Here he idled, barely touched his drink, and passed the time in bantering the maid servant.
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