Synonyms for mess about
Most common
hang around mill about mill around lounge mess around act the goat
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Dick around
hang around, mill about, mill around, lounge, loaf, linger, lurk, loiter, dick around vulgar slang, tarry dated, lollygag rare US, footle rare
2. Mess around
mess around, act the goat, clown around, muck about, act the maggot IE, faff about UK, act the jennet IE, footle around, footle about, fuck about vulgar slang, piss about vulgar
Definitions
- v. 1
To misbehave
Kids! Stop messing about and do your work!
- v. 2
To be in a casual non-committal relationship
Anna and I are just messing about; this isn't going to last.
Example sentences
- lounge Tom came into the lounge, carrying a cup of coffee.
By length
- 4 letters
- loaf1, lurk1
- 5 letters
- tarry2
- 6 letters
- lounge1, linger2, loiter2, footle
- 8 letters
- lollygag
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tarry2 = 2 syllables).