Synonyms of twiddling one's thumbs

twiddling one's thumbs

phrase

present participle of twiddle one's thumbs

as in hanging (around or out)

to spend time doing nothing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hanging (around or out)
• killing time
• hacking (around)
• kicking back
• goofing (off)
• hanging about
• vegging out
• lounging
• chilling
• resting
• idling
• kicking around
• loafing
• relaxing
• playing
• strolling
• bumming
• fiddling (around)
• lazing
• poking
• puttering (around)
• droning
• dawdling
• lingering
• lolling
• messing
• mucking
• pottering (around)
• dillydallying
• lazying
• dallying
• footling
• piddling
• fooling
• hibernating
• monkeying
• trifling
• estivating
• dozing
• lagging
• loitering
• sauntering
• ambling
• aestivating
• malingering
• tarrying
• moseying
• goldbricking
• swanning
• furloughing
• truanting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• plowing
• buckling (down)
• laboring
• grinding
• sweating
• plugging
• toiling
• plodding
• grubbing
• applying
• hustling
• pegging
• slaving
• putting out
• humping
• drudging
• travailing
• moiling
• exerting