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mess around

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mess around

1 to spend time in aimless activity

  • spent the vacation day just messing around
Synonyms of mess around

doodle, fiddle (around), fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang about [British], kick around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle
Words Related to mess around

dally, dawdle, dillydally, hang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, lounge

clown (around), horse around

diddle (with), tinker
Near Antonyms of mess around

buckle (down), knuckle down, set (to), settle (down)

2 to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun

  • a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women
Synonyms of mess around

coquet (or coquette), dally, flirt, frivol, toy, trifle
Words Related to mess around

vamp

court, mash, woo

josh, kid, put on, razz, rib, tease

fool, lead on, string along

manipulate, play (with)

3 to come or be together as friends

  • if you continue to mess around with such narrow-minded boobs, you'll begin to think and act like them
Synonyms of mess around

associate, chum, company, consociate, consort, fraternize, hang (around or out), hobnob, hook up, pal (around), run, sort, travel
Words Related to mess around

affiliate, ally, attach, band, bond, club, collaborate, collude, confederate, conjoin, connect, cooperate, couple, gang, get along, get on, group, interrelate, join, knot, league, link, mingle, mix, rally, relate, side, socialize, team, tie, wed

befriend, friend
Phrases Synonymous with mess around

be friends with, fall in with, keep company (with), rub elbows (with) or rub shoulders (with) , take up with
Near Antonyms of mess around

avoid, cold-shoulder, shun, snub

alienate, estrange

break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divorce, sever, split, sunder

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