Synonyms of goof (off)

goof (off) 1 of 2

verb

as in to kill time

to spend time doing nothing

returned home unannounced and found the au pair goofing off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kill time
• lazy
• veg out
• kick back
• hack (around)
• lounge
• hang about
• hang (around or out)
• rest
• footle
• bum
• relax
• play
• idle
• chill
• loaf
• kick around
• twiddle one's thumbs
• stroll
• dawdle
• laze
• drone
• poke
• dillydally
• mess
• muck
• fiddle (around)
• estivate
• loll
• putter (around)
• potter (around)
• linger
• fool
• dally
• monkey
• trifle
• piddle
• hibernate
• aestivate
• doze
• lag
• loiter
• saunter
• swan
• mosey
• amble
• goldbrick
• tarry
• malinger
• truant
• furlough

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• work
• slave
• labor
• plow
• plug
• sweat
• buckle (down)
• grind
• toil
• hustle
• apply
• plod
• put out
• hump
• peg
• grub
• exert
• travail
• drudge
• moil

goof-off

2 of 2

noun

as in slacker

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slacker
• underachiever
• goldbrick
• lowbrow

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nerd
• geek
• dork
• bookworm
• grind
• weenie
• wonk
• intellectual
• dink
• highbrow
• swot
• genius
• brain
• double-dome