· person who does no work; "a lazy bum"

Synonym(s): loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum

Hypernym(s): nonworker

· not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"

Antonym(s): busy

· without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

Synonym(s): baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild

· not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"

Synonym(s): unused

· silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter"

Synonym(s): light

· lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"

Synonym(s): loose

· not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"

Synonym(s): dead

· not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"

Synonym(s): jobless, out_of_work