Synonyms of idled

idled

verb

past tense of idle

as in lounged

to spend time doing nothing

she likes to idle during the summer and recharge herself for the fall semester

we idled away the evening relaxing around the campfire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lounged
• lazied
• loafed
• strolled
• dawdled
• chilled
• lazed
• rested
• droned
• played
• lolled
• relaxed
• lingered
• bummed
• poked
• hung (around or out)
• killed time
• dallied
• kicked back
• hacked (around)
• mucked
• dillydallied
• hung about
• goofed (off)
• footled
• messed
• loitered
• piddled
• vegged out
• twiddled one's thumbs
• hibernated
• dozed
• lagged
• trifled
• kicked around
• monkeyed
• ambled
• sauntered
• fooled
• estivated
• moseyed
• fiddled (around)
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• tarried
• swanned
• furloughed
• malingered
• truanted
• goldbricked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worked
• labored
• plowed
• toiled
• plugged
• hustled
• ground
• pegged
• plodded
• slaved
• humped
• applied
• sweat
• grubbed
• drudged
• travailed
• buckled (down)
• moiled
• exerted
• put out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of idled

The show’s characters idled away their time watching programs like Years of Our Days to Live. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026

In fact, Airbus was collecting orders and making deliveries while Boeing idled due to the bans and delays imposed by the CAAC. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 May 2026

Government number crunchers were temporarily idled in October, so were unable to collect housing prices that month. — Scott Horsley, NPR, 12 May 2026

The bus idled in a parking lot while the driver, Evan Prothero, and the choir director deliberated. — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026

Three years earlier, Russian aluminum manufacturer Rusal had idled its Eurallumina factory nearby. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026

On a cold, drizzly December day in 2022, Demonbreun-Chapman idled his boat on the Coosawattee River, a waterway that feeds into the Conasauga near Calhoun. — Dylan Jackson, ABC News, 6 May 2026

Inside, shag-pile carpeting flowed lavishly across floors and walls, chandeliers sparkled like diamonds, and a legion of marble statues idled as if awaiting the reboot of the Roman Empire. — Zoey Goto, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026

Uneven job growth The Fed is also keeping an eye on the labor market, which has idled amid economic uncertainty, uneven payroll gains and the emergence of artificial intelligence. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026