Scrabble & Words with friends points
- idle is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
- idle is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
- idle is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6
Definition of idle
- not having a job (adjective)
Examples
- idle carpenters
Synonyms
- jobless
- out of work
- not in active use (adjective)
Examples
- the machinery sat idle during the strike
- idle hands
Synonyms
- unused
- without a basis in reason or fact (adjective)
Examples
- idle fears
Synonyms
- baseless
- groundless
- unfounded
- unwarranted
- wild
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation (verb)
Synonyms
- laze
- slug
- stagnate
- run disconnected or idle (verb)
Synonyms
- tick over
- silly or trivial (adjective)
Examples
- idle pleasure
- light idle chatter
Synonyms
- light
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility (adjective)
Examples
- idle talk
Synonyms
- loose
- not yielding a return (adjective)
Examples
- idle funds
Synonyms
- dead
- not in action or at work (adjective)
Examples
- an idle laborer
- idle drifters
- the idle rich
- an idle mind
- the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling (noun)
Examples
- the car engine was running at idle
See definition of idle in Merriam Webster