Waste-time Synonyms

Synonyms for Waste-time

To put off; to delay (something).

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(US) Silliness, nonsense.

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pass-the-time

To occupy oneself during a time-interval

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fritter away time

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The definition of loiter is to hang around someplace without a reason to be there.

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(Intransitive) To move or walk lackadaisically.

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Alternative spelling of dilly-dally.

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The period of time during which one is delayed.

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To procrastinate.

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lose time

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idle away time

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skive (British)

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To spend (time) idly:

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To wait for; await.

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take one's own (sweet) time

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To be unnecessarily slow in doing something; delay; loiter

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burn daylight

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take-one-s-time

(Intransitive, idiomatic) To take more time to do something than is considered acceptable.

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while away the time

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(Intransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work or obligation.

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(Intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.

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fiddle-about

(Intransitive) To waste time; spend time idly.

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To urinate.

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Words Related to Waste-time

Loaf is defined as to lounge around.

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Find another word for waste-time. In this page you can discover 26 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for waste-time, like: procrastinate, lollygag, pass-the-time, fritter away time, loiter, dawdle, dillydally, delay, goof off, shilly-shally and lose time.