Synonyms of footle

footle

verb

as in to veg out

to spend time doing nothing

spent the morning footling about while others were working

Synonyms & Similar Words

• veg out
• goof (off)
• kill time
• lazy
• hang about
• kick back
• hack (around)
• lounge
• hang (around or out)
• bum
• rest
• idle
• chill
• relax
• play
• loaf
• stroll
• laze
• dawdle
• twiddle one's thumbs
• drone
• poke
• kick around
• dillydally
• muck
• loll
• estivate
• mess
• fiddle (around)
• linger
• potter (around)
• putter (around)
• dally
• monkey
• trifle
• fool
• aestivate
• piddle
• doze
• hibernate
• loiter
• lag
• mosey
• swan
• saunter
• amble
• goldbrick
• tarry
• malinger
• truant
• furlough

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slave
• work
• labor
• plow
• plug
• toil
• buckle (down)
• hustle
• sweat
• grind
• apply
• plod
• put out
• hump
• peg
• grub
• drudge
• travail
• exert
• moil

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