🔄 Synonyms of "Footle"
12 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| loungenoun | (intransitive) To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner. |
| tarryverb | (intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything. |
| lurkverb | To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself. |
| lallygagverb | To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort. |
| loiterverb | To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly. |
| mill aboutverb | (intransitive, usually of a group of people) To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area. |
| loafnoun | (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking. |
| lollygagverb | (US) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort. |
| hang aroundverb | (idiomatic) To stay, linger, or loiter. |
| mill aroundverb | (intransitive, usually of a group of people) To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area. |
| mess aboutverb | (intransitive) To misbehave |
| lingerverb | (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Footle"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| mess aboutverb | (intransitive) To misbehave |
| lollygagverb | (US) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort. |
| loungenoun | (intransitive) To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner. |
| loiterverb | To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly. |
| hang aroundverb | (idiomatic) To stay, linger, or loiter. |
| lurkverb | To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself. |
| mill aboutverb | (intransitive, usually of a group of people) To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area. |
| mill aroundverb | (intransitive, usually of a group of people) To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area. |
| tarryverb | (intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything. |
| lingerverb | (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so. |
| lallygagverb | To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort. |
| loafnoun | (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking. |
| footle awayverb | (colloquial, transitive) To waste (time). |
| footle aboutverb | To pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around. |
| footle aroundverb | To pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around. |
| dallynoun | Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping. |
| fiddle-faddlenoun | nonsense |
| fool aroundverb | (intransitive, idiomatic) To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around. |
| fribblenoun | A trifling action. |
| fiddle aroundverb | (intransitive, or transitive with "with") To toy or play (with something) in an idle, fidgety, aimless or unstructured way; to mess around (with); to muck around (with). |
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