killed time

The phrase “killed time” has 2 syllables: killed time

It's pronounced as /kɪld taɪm/


What is synonym and antonym for killed time?

In the thesaurus, “killed time” has 44 synonyms and 21 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for killed time along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for killed time

Antonyms for killed time

  • applied
  • drudged
  • exerted
  • ground
  • grubbed
  • humped
  • hustled
  • labored
  • moiled
  • pegged
  • plodded
  • plowed
  • plugged
  • put out
  • slaved
  • sweat
  • sweated
  • toiled
  • travailed
  • worked
  • wrought

Example Sentences

  • While waiting for the bus, I killed time by reading a book.
  • They killed time at the café before the movie started.
  • She killed time by scrolling through social media.
  • We killed time playing card games during the long layover.
  • To avoid boredom, he killed time by taking a walk around the park.

On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to killed time, such as: aestivated, ambled, applied, bummed, chilled, dallied, dawdled.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

dallied

  • aestivated
  • ambled
  • amused
  • be insincere with
  • boondoggle
  • bummed
  • carry on
  • cavorted
  • chilled
  • coquetted
  • cosset
  • courted
  • crawled
  • crept
  • dabbled
  • dawdled
  • decelerated
  • delayed
  • delighted
  • diddled
  • dillydallied
  • disported
  • diverted
  • dozed
  • drag
  • dragged
  • droned
  • dropped behind
  • eased
  • entertained
  • estivated
  • fell behind
  • filibustered
  • flirted
  • fool around
  • fool with
  • fooled
  • fooled around
  • footled
  • frisked
  • fritter away
  • frivol
  • frivoled
  • frivolled
  • frolic
  • frolicked
  • furloughed
  • gambol
  • gamboled
  • gambolled
  • goldbricked
  • hang about
  • hanged
  • have a fling
  • hibernated
  • horse around
  • hung
  • hung about
  • hung fire
  • idle
  • idled
  • inched
  • jerk off
  • jested
  • joked
  • joshed
  • kicked around
  • kicked back
  • kidded
  • killed time
  • lag
  • lagged
  • lallygagged
  • lazed
  • lazied
  • lead on
  • led on
  • linger
  • lingered
  • loafed
  • loiter
  • loitered
  • lolled
  • lollygag
  • lollygagged
  • lounged
  • lumbered
  • malingered
  • manipulated
  • marked time
  • mashed
  • messed
  • messed around
  • monkeyed
  • moped
  • moseyed
  • mucked
  • piddled
  • play around
  • play games with
  • played
  • pleased
  • plodded
  • poked
  • procrastinate
  • procrastinated
  • put off
  • put on
  • putter
  • razzed
  • recreated
  • relaxed
  • rested
  • ribbed
  • rollick
  • rollicked
  • romp
  • romped
  • sauntered
  • screwed around
  • shilly-shallied
  • shuffled
  • skylarked
  • sported
  • staggered
  • stalled
  • strolled
  • strung along
  • swanned
  • tamper
  • tarried
  • tarry
  • teased
  • temporized
  • toyed
  • trail
  • trifle with
  • trifled
  • truanted
  • vamped
  • vegged out
  • wanton
  • waste time
  • while away
  • wooed

dawdled

  • aestivated
  • amble
  • ambled
  • bum around
  • bummed
  • chilled
  • crawled
  • crept
  • dallied
  • dally
  • decelerated
  • delayed
  • diddle-daddle
  • diddled
  • dilly-dally
  • dillydallied
  • dozed
  • drag
  • dragged
  • droned
  • dropped behind
  • eased
  • estivated
  • fell behind
  • filibustered
  • fool around
  • fooled
  • fooled around
  • footled
  • fritter away
  • furloughed
  • get no place fast
  • goldbricked
  • goof off
  • hang around
  • hang out
  • hibernated
  • hung about
  • hung fire
  • idle
  • idled
  • inched
  • kicked around
  • kicked back
  • killed time
  • lag
  • lagged
  • lallygagged
  • laze
  • lazed
  • lazied
  • lazy
  • lingered
  • loaf
  • loafed
  • loiter
  • loitered
  • loll
  • lolled
  • lollygagged
  • lounge
  • lounged
  • lumbered
  • malingered
  • marked time
  • messed
  • messed around
  • monkeyed
  • moped
  • mosey
  • moseyed
  • mucked
  • piddled
  • played
  • plodded
  • poke
  • poked
  • procrastinate
  • procrastinated
  • put off
  • relaxed
  • rested
  • saunter
  • sauntered
  • scrounge around
  • shilly-shallied
  • shlep along
  • shuffled
  • sit around
  • staggered
  • stalled
  • stay
  • stroll
  • strolled
  • swanned
  • tarried
  • tarry
  • temporized
  • toddle
  • trifle
  • trifled
  • truanted
  • vegged out
  • wait
  • warm a chair

idled

kicked around

  • absorbed
  • abused
  • aestivated
  • ambled
  • analyzed
  • assimilated
  • batted
  • believed
  • brutalized
  • bullied
  • bummed
  • burned
  • burnt
  • chewed on
  • chewed over
  • chilled
  • cogitated
  • conceived
  • concluded
  • considered
  • contemplated
  • cruised
  • dallied
  • dawdled
  • debated
  • deliberated
  • digested
  • dillydallied
  • doodled
  • dozed
  • drifted
  • droned
  • entertained
  • estivated
  • explored
  • eyed
  • floated
  • fooled
  • fooled around
  • footled
  • fribbled
  • furloughed
  • galavanted
  • gallivanted
  • goldbricked
  • gypsied
  • harassed
  • harmed
  • hibernated
  • hoboed
  • horsed around
  • hung about
  • hurt
  • idled
  • ill-treated
  • ill-used
  • injured
  • kicked back
  • killed time
  • lagged
  • lazed
  • lazied
  • lingered
  • loafed
  • loitered
  • lolled
  • looked at
  • lounged
  • malingered
  • maltreated
  • manhandled
  • maundered
  • meandered
  • meditated
  • messed
  • messed around
  • messed over
  • mishandled
  • mistreated
  • misused
  • molested
  • monkeyed
  • mooched
  • moped
  • moseyed
  • mucked
  • opined
  • oppressed
  • outraged
  • perpended
  • persecuted
  • piddled
  • played
  • poked
  • pondered
  • questioned
  • rambled
  • ranged
  • reasoned
  • relaxed
  • reminisced
  • rested
  • reviewed
  • revolved
  • roamed
  • roved
  • ruminated
  • sandbagged
  • sauntered
  • second-guessed
  • straggled
  • strayed
  • strolled
  • studied
  • swanned
  • tarried
  • tinkered
  • took apart
  • tormented
  • tortured
  • traipsed
  • tramped
  • trifled
  • truanted
  • turned
  • vagabonded
  • vegged out
  • victimized
  • violated
  • wandered
  • weighed
  • wronged

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