Definition of idle

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• idle is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
• idle is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
• idle is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6

Definition of idle

• not having a job (adjective)

  Examples

  1. idle carpenters

  Synonyms

  1. jobless
  2. out of work
• not in active use (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the machinery sat idle during the strike
  2. idle hands

  Synonyms

  1. unused
• without a basis in reason or fact (adjective)

  Examples

  1. idle fears

  Synonyms

  1. baseless
  2. groundless
  3. unfounded
  4. unwarranted
  5. wild
• be idle; exist in a changeless situation (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. laze
  2. slug
  3. stagnate
• run disconnected or idle (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. tick over
• silly or trivial (adjective)

  Examples

  1. idle pleasure
  2. light idle chatter

  Synonyms

  1. light
• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility (adjective)

  Examples

  1. idle talk

  Synonyms

  1. loose
• not yielding a return (adjective)

  Examples

  1. idle funds

  Synonyms

  1. dead
• not in action or at work (adjective)

  Examples

  1. an idle laborer
  2. idle drifters
  3. the idle rich
  4. an idle mind
• the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling (noun)

  Examples

  1. the car engine was running at idle

See definition of idle in Merriam Webster