Synonyms of kill time

kill time

phrase

as in kick back

to spend time doing nothing

They were scrolling through their phones to kill time before the movie started.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of kill time

Many voters brought books to kill time, knitting projects, and made conversation with the people next to them. — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026