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Noun: idler  I-d(u)l-u(r) or Id-lu(r)
  1. Person who does no work
    "a lazy idler";
    - loafer, do-nothing [informal], layabout [informal], bum [N. Amer, informal], slacker [informal], shirker [informal], deadbeat [informal]
Adjective: idle (idler,idlest)  I-d(u)l
  1. Not in action or at work
    "an idle labourer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
     
  2. Without a basis in reason or fact
    "idle fears";
    - baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild
     
  3. Not in active use
    "idle hands"; "the machinery sat idle during the strike";
    - unused
     
  4. Silly or trivial
    "idle pleasure"; "light idle chatter";
    - light
     
  5. Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
    "idle talk";
    - loose
     
  6. Not yielding a return
    "idle funds";
    - dead
     
  7. Not having a job
    "idle carpenters";
    - jobless, out of work

Derived forms: idlers

See also: bone-idle, bone-lazy, fainéant [archaic], frivolous, inactive, indolent, ineffective, ineffectual, irresponsible, lackadaisical, lazy, leisured, otiose, slothful, uneffective, unemployed, unengaged, unprofitable, unsupported, work-shy

Type of: nonworker

Antonym: busy

Encyclopedia: Idler

Idle, West Yorkshire