Synonyms of killing time

killing time

phrase

present participle of kill time

as in hacking (around)

to spend time doing nothing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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