1. Person who does no work
   - loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum [N. Amer]

1. Not in action or at work
   "an idle labourer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" 
2. Without a basis in reason or fact
   "idle fears"
   - baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild 
3. Not in active use
   "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
   - unused 
4. Silly or trivial
   "idle pleasure"; "light idle chatter"
   - light 
5. Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
   "idle talk"
   - loose 
6. Not yielding a return
   "idle funds"
   - dead 
7. Not having a job
   "idle carpenters"
   - jobless, out of work

Derived forms: idlers

See also: bone-idle, bone-lazy, fainéant, frivolous, idle, idleness, idly, inactive, indolent, ineffective, ineffectual, irresponsible, lackadaisical, lazy, leisured, otiose, slothful, uneffective, unemployed, unengaged, unprofitable, unsupported, work-shy

Type of: nonworker

Antonym: busy

Encyclopedia: Idle Idle, West Yorkshire

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