Synonyms for mess around
Most common
potter monkey clown around tinker waste time loiter mess about dolly
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Potter
potter, monkey, monkey around informal, clown around, tinker, muck about, putter, muck around
2. Waste time — to fiddle idly
waste time, jerk around informal, loiter, faff about UK, fuck about vulgar slang, dick around vulgar slang
3. Mess about
mess about, footle around, footle about, piss about vulgar
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To fiddle idly.
These guys don't mess around! They finished the whole job in ten minutes.
- v. 2
To joke, kid, or play.
Hey, don't take it personally. I was only messing around.
- v. 3
To have a sexual relationship, especially one which is noncommittal.
Rumor has it that he's messing around with his secretary.
Example sentences
- potter I'd like to see the sixth movie of Harry Potter.
- monkey I'm not talking to you; I'm talking to the monkey.
- tinker I've always found Tinker Bell very sexy.
- loiter They don't work, they just loiter in the streets.
By length
- 5 letters
- dolly2
- 6 letters
- potter2, monkey2, tinker2, putter2, loiter2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dolly2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
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