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kick back

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of kick back

1 to refrain from labor or exertion
  • I plan to spend the day kicking back and watching television.
Synonyms of kick back

bask, loll, lounge, relax, repose, rest
Words Related to kick back

bum, hang, hang around, idle, loaf, slack (off), veg out
Near Antonyms of kick back

drudge, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, work

exercise, work out
2 to spend time doing nothing
  • a good resort for people who want to kick back and relax
Synonyms of kick back

bum, chill, dally, dawdle, dillydally, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, kick around, laze, lazy, loaf, loll, lounge, veg out
Words Related to kick back

fiddle (around), fool, mess, monkey, muck, piddle, play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

lag, linger, loiter, poke, relax, rest, tarry

amble, mosey, saunter, stroll
Phrases Synonymous with kick back

kill time, twiddle one's thumbs
Near Antonyms of kick back

drudge, grind, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg, plod, plow, plug, slave, sweat, toil, travail, work

apply, buckle (down)

exert, put out

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