twiddle thumbs

VERB

laze

Synonyms

STRONGEST

loiter loll saunter

STRONG

bum dally dillydally dream drift evade goldbrick lie loaf lounge malinger piddle relax shirk slack stall stroll trifle vegetate

WEAK

be inactive be indolent be slothful be unoccupied bum around do nothing fool around fritter away hang out kill time knock around let down lounge around not lift a finger pass time sit around slow down stand around take it easy waste time while away hours

Antonyms

STRONG

do face meet

VERB

loaf

Synonyms

STRONGEST

laze loll

STRONG

bum dally dillydally dream drift evade goldbrick idle lie loiter lounge malinger piddle relax saunter shirk slack stall stroll trifle vegetate

WEAK

be inactive be indolent be slothful be unoccupied bum around fool around fritter away hang out kill time knock around let down lounge around not lift a finger pass time sit around slow down stand around take it easy waste time while away hours

Antonyms

STRONG

do face hurry meet run rush

WEAK

achieve energize labor work hard

Example Sentences

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Michael Connelly’s detective is never one to twiddle thumbs, of course.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2019

We never explicitly say we'll pay, but they twiddle thumbs when it's time to pay.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2013

And since he was not a man to sit and twiddle thumbs to pass the time, Casey played poker.

From Casey Ryan by Bower, B. M.