Synonyms for goof off
- verb
- noun
Most common
horse around clown around muck about waste time yuck it up shirk loiter
All synonyms
Verb
1. Horse around
Other
waste time, shirk, loiter, lollygag US, yuck it up
Noun
never-do-well, good-for-nothing, gold brick, dolly, idler, doddle, cop-out slang, good-for-naught dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To dawdle, lollygag; to waste time aimlessly or engage in idle activity or inactivity.
He sat there goofing off all day instead of working.
- n. 1
An idle or work-shy person; a shirker.
Related words
- Other spellings
- goof-off goofoff
Example sentences
- shirk I won’t mislead you, I won’t betray you, I won't shirk!
By length
- 5 letters
- dolly2, shirk1, idler3
- 6 letters
- loiter2, doddle
- 8 letters
- lollygag
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dolly2 = 2 syllables).