Synonyms of goofing (off)

goofing (off)

verb

present participle of goof (off)

as in hacking (around)

to spend time doing nothing

returned home unannounced and found the au pair goofing off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hacking (around)
• killing time
• hanging (around or out)
• vegging out
• kicking back
• hanging about
• kicking around
• lounging
• twiddling one's thumbs
• fiddling (around)
• chilling
• bumming
• resting
• relaxing
• idling
• puttering (around)
• loafing
• pottering (around)
• playing
• strolling
• lazing
• lazying
• dawdling
• droning
• poking
• footling
• dillydallying
• lolling
• mucking
• messing
• lingering
• estivating
• dallying
• trifling
• monkeying
• fooling
• piddling
• hibernating
• dozing
• aestivating
• lagging
• loitering
• sauntering
• ambling
• moseying
• malingering
• tarrying
• swanning
• truanting
• goldbricking
• furloughing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• buckling (down)
• laboring
• grinding
• plowing
• sweating
• plugging
• toiling
• grubbing
• plodding
• hustling
• humping
• pegging
• slaving
• applying
• putting out
• drudging
• moiling
• travailing
• exerting