twiddles one's thumbs
phrase
as in kicks back
to spend time doing nothing He twiddled his thumbs in the waiting room before his name was called. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- kicks back
- kills time
- hangs about
- veges out
- lounges
- chills
- lazies
- rests
- lazes
- bums
- goofs (off)
- plays
- footles
- kicks around
- drones
- dillydallies
- vegges out
- loafs
- hangs (around or out)
- dawdles
- strolls
- relaxes
- idles
- pokes
- lolls
- estivates
- mucks
- hacks (around)
- messes
- lingers
- dallies
- monkeys
- fools
- aestivates
- goldbricks
- piddles
- putters (around)
- lags
- hibernates
- dozes
- potters (around)
- fiddles (around)
- loiters
- saunters
- swans
- trifles
- ambles
- moseys
- tarries
- truants
- furloughs
- malingers
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- works
- slaves
- buckles (down)
- labors
- pegs
- travails
- toils
- plows
- grubs
- plugs
- sweats
- plods
- humps
- drudges
- applies
- grinds
- moils
- exerts
- hustles
- puts out
- spirilla
- spirillaceaes
- spirillar
- spirillary
- spirillum
- spiring
- spirit
- spirit (away or off)
- spirit away or off
- Spirit baptism
- spirit blue
- spirit butterfly
- spirit compass
- spirit duck
- spirit duplicating
- spirit ground
- spirit gum
- spirit lamp
- spirit level
- spirit of ether
- spirit of niter
- spirit of nitrous ether
- spirit of salt
- spirit of vitriol
- spirit of wine