- burn daylight
- dally
- dawdle
- delay
- dillydally
- fiddle about
- fritter away time
- goof off
- kill time
- linger
- loiter
- lollygag
- lose time
- pass the time
- piddle
- procrastinate
- shilly-shally
- take one’s own sweet time
- take one’s time
- tarry
- while away the time
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WORDS RELATED TO WASTE TIME
- carried on
- cosseted
- fool around
- frivoled
- frolicked
- gambolled
- had a fling
- led on
- played around
- rollicked
- romped
- tampered
- wantoned
- was insincere with
- boondoggle
- drag
- fool around
- fool with
- fritter away
- hang about
- horse around
- idle
- jerk off
- lag
- linger
- loiter
- lollygag
- play around
- play games with
- procrastinate
- put off
- putter
- tarry
- trail
- trifle with
- waste time
- while away
- bum around
- diddle around
- fool around
- lounge around
- muck about
- waste time
- abide
- affect
- dally
- frequent
- get along with
- haunt
- have relations with
- linger
- live
- loiter
- reside
- resort
- roam
- spend time
- stand around
- swell
- tarry
- waste time
- abide
- affect
- dally
- frequent
- get along with
- haunt
- have relations with
- linger
- live
- loiter
- reside
- resort
- roam
- spend time
- stand around
- swell
- tarry
- waste time
- abide
- affect
- dally
- frequent
- glom
- hang about
- hang out
- haunt
- linger
- live
- loiter
- reside
- resort
- roam
- spend time
- swell
- tarry
- waste time
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Pronunciation:
[ wˈe͡ɪst tˈa͡ɪm], [ wˈeɪst tˈaɪm], [ w_ˈeɪ_s_t t_ˈaɪ_m]
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n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- dabble,
- lallygag.
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v.
• associate (verb)
- hang around.
• be idle, lazy (verb)
- loaf.
• be lazy (verb)
- frig around.
• dally (verb)
- playing games with,
- trifle with,
- idles,
- whiling away,
- boondoggle,
- boondoggled,
- Idled,
- while away,
- lollygags,
- fool with,
- fools with,
- Trailed,
- play games with,
- fooling with,
- trifled with,
- jerk off,
- trifles with,
- whiles away,
- lollygagging,
- lollygagged,
- boondoggling,
- put off,
- plays games with,
- fooled with,
- whiled away,
- boondoggles,
- idling,
- trifling with,
- played games with.
• dream about; desire (verb)
- moon.
• frig around (verb)
- diddles around,
- diddling around,
- diddled around,
- mucks about,
- mucked about,
- mucking about.
• hang about/hang around/hang out (verb)
- re-sorting,
- hadst relations with,
- spends time,
- gets along with,
- re side,
- hast relations with,
- have relations with,
- hath relations with,
- hang out,
- having relations with,
- re sorting,
- gat along with,
- haddest relations with,
- re-sides,
- re sorted,
- stand around,
- re-siding,
- got along with,
- standing around,
- re-sided,
- get along with,
- re sort,
- getting along with,
- had relations with,
- re siding,
- re sides,
- re sided,
- re-sorts,
- Residing,
- re-side,
- gotten along with,
- re sorts,
- frequent,
- spending time,
- stood around,
- stands around,
- spend time,
- spent time,
- has relations with,
- re-sorted,
- re-sort.
• hang around (verb)
- gloms,
- glomming,
- glommed.
• idle (verb)
- laze.
• idle away time (verb)
- goof off,
- fiddle about,
- lose time,
- pass the time,
- linger,
- fritter away time.
• loaf (verb)
- taking it easy,
- are slothful,
- Strolled,
- was inactive,
- Bumming,
- are indolent,
- being inactive,
- being indolent,
- were slothful,
- lounged around,
- wast slothful,
- Bummed,
- am unoccupied,
- take easy,
- not lift a fingers,
- be inactive,
- art unoccupied,
- bums around,
- passed time,
- Vegetated,
- bummed around,
- be unoccupied,
- are unoccupied,
- being slothful,
- wert inactive,
- while away hours,
- not lift fingering,
- wert slothful,
- sate around,
- not lift a fingered,
- took easy,
- takes it easy,
- whiles away hours,
- bumming around,
- art indolent,
- knock around,
- were indolent,
- not lift a finger,
- was slothful,
- is unoccupied,
- slow down,
- re-lax,
- whiling away hours,
- was indolent,
- not lift finger,
- passes time,
- lounging around,
- passing time,
- being unoccupied,
- art inactive,
- taking easy,
- slowing down,
- lounge around,
- slowed down,
- pass time,
- sat around,
- re lax,
- am slothful,
- were inactive,
- whiled away hours,
- piddles,
- wert indolent,
- be slothful,
- takes easy,
- Piddled,
- twiddle thumbs,
- not lift fingers,
- sits around,
- was unoccupied,
- wast inactive,
- bum around,
- not lift fingered,
- be indolent,
- wast unoccupied,
- were unoccupied,
- sitting around,
- is inactive,
- wert unoccupied,
- art slothful,
- took it easy,
- is slothful,
- take it easy,
- lounges around,
- sit around,
- slows down,
- Sauntered,
- are inactive,
- not lift a fingering,
- wast indolent,
- is indolent.
• loiter (verb)
- de lay,
- getting no place fast,
- get no place fast,
- got no place fast,
- de-laying,
- de laying,
- gat no place fast,
- de-lay,
- Loitered,
- gets no place fast,
- de lays,
- de-lays,
- gotten no place fast.
• mope (verb)
- wast down in mouth,
- are a funk,
- grumping,
- were apathetic,
- wert in a funk,
- are down the mouth,
- were down mouth,
- are down mouth,
- stewing over,
- eat ones heart out,
- wert gloomy,
- is down in the mouth,
- were in a funk,
- were down in the mouth,
- art in funk,
- sweated over,
- eats heart out,
- being down mouth,
- art a funk,
- be down the mouth,
- stewed over,
- eating one heart out,
- wears long face,
- are down in the mouth,
- was in funk,
- is funk,
- ate ones heart out,
- re pined,
- sweats over,
- art in a funk,
- being apathetic,
- am in a funk,
- be in a funk,
- wert down in the mouth,
- be a funk,
- was down in the mouth,
- eating heart out,
- was apathetic,
- be gloomy,
- is in funk,
- being down in mouth,
- wert down mouth,
- are apathetic,
- wast in funk,
- pining away,
- repine,
- eat one heart out,
- was down in mouth,
- is down mouth,
- re pine,
- being down the mouth,
- eats one’s heart out,
- being in funk,
- eating one’s heart out,
- pined away,
- be in funk,
- ate one heart out,
- is a funk,
- are in funk,
- wast in a funk,
- wert a funk,
- lost heart,
- be apathetic,
- sweat over,
- wert down the mouth,
- was gloomy,
- being gloomy,
- wast gloomy,
- wert funk,
- is in a funk,
- be down in mouth,
- re-pines,
- wast down in the mouth,
- was down mouth,
- eats one heart out,
- re pines,
- was down the mouth,
- being a funk,
- be funk,
- wast funk,
- ate heart out,
- eat one’s heart out,
- losing heart,
- am apathetic,
- loses heart,
- wast down mouth,
- were in funk,
- are gloomy,
- wore a long face,
- was in a funk,
- sweating over,
- eat heart out,
- grumped,
- pines away,
- stews over,
- am down in mouth,
- re-pined,
- were funk,
- re-pine,
- is gloomy,
- re-pining,
- wast a funk,
- are in a funk,
- were down the mouth,
- being down in the mouth,
- wert down in mouth,
- art gloomy,
- wore long face,
- wear long face,
- were gloomy,
- eating ones heart out,
- lose heart,
- art funk,
- be down in the mouth,
- am down the mouth,
- were down in mouth,
- were a funk,
- ate one’s heart out,
- is down the mouth,
- am down in the mouth,
- am down mouth,
- is apathetic,
- wert apathetic,
- eats ones heart out,
- wert in funk,
- being funk,
- stew over,
- is down in mouth,
- wear a long face,
- wast apathetic,
- are down in mouth,
- Regretted,
- wast down the mouth,
- was a funk,
- being in a funk,
- am a funk,
- are funk,
- wearing a long face,
- art apathetic,
- pine away,
- wears a long face,
- be down mouth,
- am gloomy,
- was funk,
- wearing long face.
• trifle (verb)
- amuses oneself,
- fribbled,
- monkeyed with,
- fribbles,
- dilly dally,
- was insincere,
- playing with,
- plays with,
- futzed around,
- futzes around,
- mis-using,
- wast insincere,
- indulging in,
- were insincere,
- is insincere,
- mis used,
- messing with,
- monkeying with,
- messed with,
- monkeys with,
- wert insincere,
- amusing oneself,
- are insincere,
- winks at,
- uses up,
- winking at,
- messes with,
- mis-used,
- mis using,
- indulged in,
- art insincere,
- amused oneself,
- futzing around,
- indulges in,
- being insincere.
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Other synonyms:
• frig around
- muck about,
- diddle around.
• hang around
- glom.
• malinger
- drift,
- goof-off.
• Other relevant words:
- kill time,
- loiter,
- dally,
- dawdle,
- lollygag,
- piddle,
- tarry,
- delay,
- take one’s time,
- take one’s own sweet time,
- while away the time,
- dillydally,
- Shilly-shally,
- procrastinate,
- burn daylight.
• trifle
- indulge in,
- potters,
- Pottered,
- wink at,
- mess with,
- Fribbling,
- trifling,
- futz around,
- Pottering,
- monkey with,
- led on,
- play with,
- played with,
- leads on,
- lead on,
- Wantoning,
- use up,
- amuse oneself,
- used up,
- Wantoned,
- Trifled,
- using up,
- be insincere.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- trifle,
- lie about,
- drag,
- doodle,
- play for time,
- straggle,
- equivocate,
- hesitate,
- prevaricate,
- lag,
- mess around,
- mope,
- halt,
- temporize,
- lounge,
- hedge,
- footle,
- stall,
- potter,
- Haver,
- diddle,
- be obstructive,
- fool around,
- consume time,
- dilly-dally,
- twiddle,
- dither,
- beguile the time,
- muck,
- idle,
- stonewall,
- Fribble,
- idle away time,
- bugger,
- give the run-around,
- drag one’s feet,
- bugger about,
- vacillate,
- flag,
- putter,
- trail,
- falter,
- mess about.
How to use «Waste time» in context?
After work, there’s nothing quite like taking a few minutes to waste time. You might browse Instagram, watch a show on Netflix, or take a nature hike around the block. Wasting time can be fun and refreshing, whether you’re by yourself or with friends. Here are five ways to waste time without feeling guilty:
1. Find a yoga class that’s comfortable for you. Yoga can at times be really relaxing, which is great for when you just need some time to wind down.
2. Take a walk around the block.
Princeton’s WordNet
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waste of timenoun
the devotion of time to a useless activity
«the waste of time could prove fatal»
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Priscilla Sitienei:
I could not go to school even if I wanted, in my time, educating a woman was considered a waste of time and money.
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David Jordan:
This is not needed. It’s a waste of time, Michael McLendon time and mine. I know there are people out there who got fear but as a good senator Michael McLendon can relay to them that there is no basis for it, it is sad that we have wasted so much time on something that’s not even necessary.
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Larry Brooks:
That day the police pulled me over I lost interest in it, i had to pay money to take my car out, I had to do community service and all this was a big waste of time.
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Paul McCartney:
I’m looking for changes that will continue the momentum of getting animals out of laboratories, experiments on animals are unethical — they’re a colossal failure and a waste of time and money. We can and must do better.
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Earl Granville:
I look at this impeachment as a waste of time and a waste of tax dollars, for the past few years, this has been the approach of the other side — trying to take the current commander in chief out of office, and it seems like all its doing is costing us money.
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vb
1 blow (slang) dissipate, fritter away, frivol away (informal) lavish, misuse, run through, squander, throw away
2 atrophy, consume, corrode, crumble, debilitate, decay, decline, deplete, disable, drain, dwindle, eat away, ebb, emaciate, enfeeble, exhaust, fade, gnaw, perish, sap the strength of, sink, undermine, wane, wear out, wither
3 despoil, destroy, devastate, lay waste, pillage, rape, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, spoil, total (slang) trash (slang) undo, wreak havoc upon
n
4 dissipation, expenditure, extravagance, frittering away, loss, lost opportunity, misapplication, misuse, prodigality, squandering, unthriftiness, wastefulness
5 desolation, destruction, devastation, havoc, ravage, ruin
6 debris, dregs, dross, garbage, leavings, leftovers, litter, offal, offscourings, refuse, rubbish, scrap, sweepings, trash
7 desert, solitude, void, wasteland, wild, wilderness
adj
8 leftover, superfluous, supernumerary, unused, unwanted, useless, worthless
9 bare, barren, desolate, devastated, dismal, dreary, empty, uncultivated, uninhabited, unproductive, wild
10 lay waste depredate (rare) despoil, destroy, devastate, pillage, rape, ravage, raze, ruin, sack, spoil, wreak havoc upon
Antonyms
, vb build, conserve, defend, develop, economize, husband, increase, preserve, protect, rally, restore, save, strengthen
n economy, frugality, good housekeeping, saving, thrift
adj arable, developed, fruitful, habitable, in use, necessary, needed, productive, utilized, verdant
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
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sit around |
exp. |
let the time go by without doing something important, relax, waste time |
E.g.: It was a quite evening: we sat around chatting and watching TV. |
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earworm |
n. |
a sound (usually a song, jingle) that one hears mentally for a certain period of time |
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comradery |
n. |
Mutual trust and friendship among people spending a lot of time together. Another term for camaraderie. |
[US] [mass noun] Ex: That teamsport is an ideal pastime for the young people, an opportunity to socialise and make new friends in a strong spirit of comradery |
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take a nap |
exp. |
sleep for a short period of time, have a light sleep |
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cobweb site |
n. |
a website that did not undergo any change for a long period of time |
[Comp.];[Slang] |
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live in each other’s pocket |
exp. |
if people live in each other’s pocket, they spend a lot of time together |
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guy time |
n. |
When men have quality time together, and do «guy» things. |
[Slang] related to bro-mance |
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ZT |
o. |
Zone Time |
[Tech.]; Astro. [initialism]. Warning: ZT is not Zulu Time (former US military name for UTC) |
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a bumpy ride |
exp. |
a difficult time |
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have a bumpy ride |
v. |
have a difficult time |
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have a ball |
exp. |
have a great time; enjoy oneself |
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! WtE |
abbr. acron. |
Waste to Energy; Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the primary treatment of waste |
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nooner |
n. |
encounter mostly for sex done around lunch time |
[Fam.] in French it’s «cinq à sept» which is rather in the end of afternoon |
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freegan |
n. |
A person who rejects consumerism and seeks to contribute to the environmental protection by reducing waste, especially by retrieving and using discarded food and other goods. |
blend of ‘free’ and ‘vegan’. |
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