Synonyms of messed around

messed around

verb

past tense of mess around

1

as in played

to spend time in aimless activity

spent the vacation day just messing around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• played
• fooled around
• fiddled (around)
• goofed (around)
• puttered (around)
• hung about
• pottered (around)
• kicked around
• monkeyed (around)
• hanged (around or out)
• doodled
• hung (around or out)
• fribbled
• trifled
• horsed around
• clowned (around)
• lounged
• idled
• dawdled
• loafed
• diddled (with)
• dillydallied
• tinkered
• lolled
• dallied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• set (to)
• settled (down)
• buckled (down)
• knuckled down

2

as in flirted

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 & Similar Words

• flirted
• frivolled
• coquetted
• frivoled
• toyed
• trifled
• strung along
• played (with)
• put on
• dallied
• wooed
• vamped
• teased
• mashed
• led on
• ribbed
• fooled
• razzed
• courted
• manipulated
• kidded
• joshed

3

as in associated

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 & Similar Words

• associated
• travelled
• traveled
• hanged (around or out)
• hung (around or out)
• run
• connected
• hooked up
• ran
• joined
• mixed
• collaborated
• related
• bonded
• mingled
• rubbed shoulders (with)
• fell in with
• took up with
• palled (around)
• rubbed elbows (with)
• befriended
• sorted
• was friends with
• consociated
• consorted
• cooperated
• got along
• fraternized
• kept company (with)
• companied
• got on
• hobnobbed
• tied
• linked
• attached
• allied
• grouped
• chummed
• affiliated
• rallied
• coupled
• knotted
• socialized
• interrelated
• sided
• clubbed
• teamed
• conjoined
• colluded
• banded
• wed
• confederated
• ganged
• wedded
• leagued
• friended

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoided
• shunned
• split (up)
• snubbed
• alienated
• dispersed
• broke up
• estranged
• split
• disbanded
• cold-shouldered
• divorced
• severed
• dissociated
• sundered
• disjoined
• disunited