Synonyms for lollygag
- verb
- noun
Most common
hang around mess about mill about loiter slack doddle twiddle one's thumbs
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Loiter
loiter, hang around, mess about, mill about, mill around, loaf, linger, lounge, diddle, footle, lurk, idle, lag, dick around vulgar slang, tarry dated
2. Goof off — to dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort
slack, doddle, procrastinate, shirk, dilly-dally, goof off slang US AU
Other
Noun
1. Bum — A layabout, one who lallygags
Definitions
- v. 1
To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
- v. 2
To fool around, especially sexually.
- n. 1
A layabout, one who lallygags.
Related words
- Other spellings
- lallygag
Forms
- Plural
- lollygags → bums, lollygaggers, make-outs, necks…
- Past participle
- lollygagged
e.g. lollygagged → loitered, loafed, lingered, lounged…
Example sentences
- loiter They don't work, they just loiter in the streets.
- slack We tend to slack off after many hours of hard work.
- doddle Finding something is a doddle when you know where it is.
By length
- 3 letters
- bum1, lag1
- 4 letters
- neck1, idle2, loaf1, lurk1
- 5 letters
- slack1, dolly2, shirk1, tarry2
- 6 letters
- lounge1, linger2, loiter2, diddle2, doddle, footle
- 11 letters
- lollygagger
- 13 letters
- procrastinate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- paresser