idle

idle

adjective

Definition of IDLE

1

not being in a state of use, activity, or employment <the car was idle for two weeks while they went on vacation>

Synonyms dead, dormant, fallow, free, idle, inert, inoperative, latent, off, unused, vacant

Related Words abeyant, arrested, interrupted, suspended; unoccupied; asleep, comatose, lifeless, moribund, quiescent, sleepy; inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless; dull, slow

Near Antonyms functional, operable, operational, workable; assiduous, industrious, sedulous; energetic, vigorous; feasible, practical, usable (also useable), useful, viable

Antonyms active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, going, living, on, operating, operative, running, working

2

not easily aroused to action or work <an idle employee who always seems to be either on break or at lunch>

Synonyms idle, indolent, shiftless, slothful

Related Words apathetic, drowsy, dull, inert, languorous, lazyish, lethargic, listless, quiescent, sleepy, sluggish, supine, torpid

Near Antonyms ambitious, diligent, enterprising, zealous; active, animated, bouncing, brisk, dynamic, energetic, exuberant, frisky, jaunty, jazzy, lively, peppy, perky, pert, snappy, spirited, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vivacious, zippy

Antonyms industrious