Loafing Synonyms and Antonyms

Doing nothing useful
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. rambling
  2. worthless
  3. futile
Be about
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. lounging
  2. loitering
  3. shirking
  4. lazing
  5. dillydallying
  6. idling
  7. slacking
  8. goofing
  9. lurking
  10. trifling
  11. diddling
  12. piddling
  13. lingering
  14. stalling
  15. dreaming
  16. tarrying
  17. evading
  18. bumming
  19. drifting
  20. lolling
  21. dallying
  22. vegetating
  23. dawdling
Having no employment
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. idleness
  2. idling
Ostensibly employed, but wasting time
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. slacking
  2. shirking
  3. evading
  4. letting up
  5. slowing down
  6. slowing up
  7. putting in time
  8. apathetic
  9. indifferent
  10. uninterested
  11. careless
  12. pretending
  13. sojering
  14. whipping the cat
Antonyms:
  1. active
  2. toiling
  3. energetic

Words Related to Loafing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Loafing Sentence Examples

  • Surprisingly, many of the speedier bikers were already there, looking as if they'd spent the day loafing in the late spring sun.

  • At the end of the road, the exposed sandbanks on the sea loch produced our first loafing Common Seals.

  • While an elastic waist pant is not as convenient for outdoor activities, they can be perfect for weekend loafing, errands or working around the house.

Words near Loafing in the Thesaurus