Synonyms of killing time

killing time

phrase

present participle of kill time

as in kicking back

to spend time doing nothing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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