adjective

(of a person) avoiding work; lazy.

idle students

lazy,indolent,slothful,work-shy,shiftless,loafing,inactive,inert,sluggish,lethargic,languorous,listless,torpid,remiss,negligent,slack,lax,lackadaisical,impassive,good-for-nothing,do-nothing,leisurely,bone idle,fainéant,otiose

verb

spend time doing nothing.

four men were idling outside the shop

do nothing,be inactive,vegetate,sit back,take it easy,rest on one’s oars,mark time,kick one’s heels,twiddle one’s thumbs,kill time,languish,laze (about),laze (around),lounge (about),lounge (around),loll (about),loll (around),loaf (about),loaf (around),slouch (about),slouch (around),go to seed,degenerate,moulder,stagnate,hang around,hang about,veg out,mooch about,mooch around,slummock,bum around,bat around,lollygag,lay on one’s oars,fritter,while,laze,loiter,pass,spend,use,employ,use up,occupy,take up,fill up,fill in,fill,beguile,expend,devote,waste,dissipate,kill