| noun | person who does no work “a lazy bum” |
| adjective | not in action or at work “an idle laborer” |
| adjective | without a basis in reason or fact “baseless gossip” |
| adjective | not in active use “the machinery sat idle during the strike” |
| adjective | silly or trivial “idle pleasure” |
| adjective | lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility “idle talk” |
| adjective | not yielding a return “dead capital” |
| adjective | not having a job “idle carpenters” |
| idle | verb | be idle; exist in a changeless situation |
| loaf | verb | be lazy or idle |
| do-nothing | adjective | characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility |
| bum | verb | ask for and get free; be a parasite |
| idleness | noun | the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work |
| lightness | noun | the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous |
| looseness | noun | freedom from restraint |