Idle
Idle is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 5 points
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 2
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of idle
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nounThe state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling.
“the car engine was running at idle”
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verbRun disconnected or idle.
“the engine is idling”
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verbBe idle; exist in a changeless situation.
“The old man sat and stagnated on his porch”
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adjectiveNot in action or at work.
“an idle laborer”
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adjectiveWithout a basis in reason or fact.
“baseless gossip”
Similar: baseless , groundless , unfounded , unwarranted , wild
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adjectiveNot in active use.
“the machinery sat idle during the strike”
Similar: unused
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of idle
Words inside idle
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- die4
- led4
- del4
- lie3
- lei3
- lid4
- eld4
Words that rhyme with idle
- bridal
- idol
- tidal
- bridle
- idyll
- seidel
- sidle
- suicidal
- homicidal
- intertidal
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