while away the time
verb
Roget 840:
amuse,
entertain,
divert,
enliven;
tickle the fancy;
titillate,
raise a smile,
put in good humor;
cause laughter,
create laughter,
occasion laughter,
raise laughter,
excite laughter,
produce laughter,
convulse with laughter;
set the table in a roar,
be the death of one.
recreate,
solace,
cheer,
rejoice;
please
etc.
829;
interest;
treat,
regale.
amuse oneself,
game;
play a game,
play pranks,
play tricks;
sport,
disport,
toy,
wanton,
revel,
junket,
feast,
carouse,
banquet,
make merry,
drown care;
drive dull care away;
frolic,
gambol,
frisk,
romp;
caper;
dance
etc.
(leap)
309;
keep up the ball;
run a rig,
sow one's wild oats,
have one's fling,
take one's pleasure;
paint the town red [Slang];
see life;
desipere in loco [Lat.],
play the fool.
make holiday,
keep holiday;
go a Maying.
while away the time,
beguile the time;
kill time,
dally.
smile,
simper,
smirk;
grin,
grin like a Cheshire cat;
mock,
laugh in one's sleeve;
laugh,
laugh outright;
giggle,
titter,
snigger,
crow,
snicker,
chuckle,
cackle;
burst out,
burst into a fit of laughter;
shout,
split,
roar.
shake one's sides,
split one's sides,
hold both one's sides;
roar with laughter,
die with laughter.
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Roget 681:
not do,
not act,
not attempt;
be inactive
etc.
683;
abstain from doing,
do nothing,
hold,
spare;
not stir,
not move,
not lift a finger,
not lift a foot,
not lift a peg;
fold one's arms,
fold one's hands;
leave alone,
let alone;
let be,
let pass,
let things take their course,
let it have its way,
let well alone,
let well enough alone;
quieta non movere [Lat.];
stare super antiquas vias [Lat.];
rest and be thankful,
live and let live;
lie rest upon one's oars;
laisser aller [Fr.],
faire [Fr.];
stand aloof;
refrain
etc.
(avoid)
623,
keep oneself from doing;
remit one's efforts,
relax one's efforts;
desist
etc.
(relinquish)
624;
stop
etc.
(cease)
142;
pause
etc.
(be quiet)
265.
wait,
lie in wait,
bide one's time,
take time,
tide it over.
cool one's heels,
kick one's heels;
while away the time,
while away tedious hours;
pass the time,
fill up the time,
beguile the time;
talk against time;
let the grass grow under one's feet;
waste time
etc.
(inactive)
683.
lie by,
lie on the shelf,
lie in ordinary,
lie idle,
lie to,
lie fallow;
keep quiet,
slug;
have nothing to do,
whistle for want of thought.
undo,
do away with;
take down,
take to pieces;
destroy
etc.
162.
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Roget 685:
have leisure
etc.
n.;
take one's time,
take one's leisure,
take one's ease;
repose
etc.
687;
move slowly
etc.
275;
while away the time
etc.
(inaction)
681;
be master of one's time,
be an idle man.
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Moby thesaurus: beguile the time, burn daylight, buy time, consume time, dabble, diddle, doodle, drown care, footle, fribble, fritter away time, have a ball, have fun, keep time, kill time, laugh it up, live it up, look for time, loosen up, lose time, measure time, occupy time, pass the time, pass time, piddle, potter, put in time, putter, race against time, relax, spend time, summer, take time, take up time, trifle, use time, waste time, weekend, winter, work against time ... show more.
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