Definitions For Idle
noun
- The state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
- To run without being connected for doing useful work
- To spend time doing nothing or nothing useful
- To cause (someone or something) to stop working : to make (someone or something) idle
verb
- Run disconnected or idle
- Be idle; exist in a changeless situation
adjective
- Not in active use
- Not having a job
- Not yielding a return
- Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- Silly or trivial
- Without a basis in reason or fact
adjective
- Not in action or at work
Is Idles a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
7
The word Idle is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Idle in a Sentence
- There has been a lot of idle speculation about what might happen, but no one really knows.
- The idle days of summer
- She left the engine idling for a few seconds before she turned it off.
- The cars idled in traffic.
- A group of boys idled in the doorway.
Synonyms for Idle
Antonyms for Idles
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