Synonyms of twiddle one's thumbs

twiddle one's thumbs

phrase

as in kill time

to spend time doing nothing

He twiddled his thumbs in the waiting room before his name was called.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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