The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IDLER , but the solution may also be LOAF which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Do-nothing crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IDLER | 34 % | 5 |
| LAZE | 15 % | 4 |
| LOAF | 14 % | 4 |
| IDLE | 8 % | 4 |
| SIT | 6 % | 3 |
| LAZY | 4 % | 4 |
| LOLL | 3 % | 4 |
| INDOLENT | 2 % | 8 |
| SITBY | 2 % | 5 |
| LAZYBONES | 2 % | 9 |
| BUM | 2 % | 3 |
| REST | 2 % | 4 |
| BUMPONALOG | 1 % | 10 |
| LOAFER | 1 % | 6 |
| SITIDLE | 1 % | 7 |
| SITONONESHANDS | 1 % | 14 |
| VEGETATE | 1 % | 8 |
| DRONE | 1 % | 5 |
| SITAROUND | 1 % | 9 |
| KNOCKABOUT | 1 % | 10 |
| CHAIRWARMER | 1 % | 11 |
Why may LOAF be the right solution?
"Loaf" is a verb that means to spend time idly or lazily. Therefore, "do nothing" is a synonym for "loaf."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Do-nothing
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- irresponsible
- idler
- layabout
- loafer
- bum
- do-nothingism
- go nowhere
- come to nothing
- come to nought
- sit on
- sit around
- draw a blank
Crossword Answer definitions
IDLER noun- One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.
- One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
- Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch
- A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power, but supports a moving belt etc.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result IDLER
More clues leading to the result LAZE
- Be a loafer
- Dilly-dally
- Act the couch potato
- Loaf
- Act like a couch potato
- Do a whole bunch of nothing
- Do little
- Sit around and do nothing
- Chillax
- Take it easy
More clues leading to the result LOAF
- Bum around
- Fritter away the time
- Rye unit
- Sugar or bread follower
- Act the beach bum
- Bread's form
- Go on a staycation
- Kill time
- Bakery purchase
- Don't work much
More clues leading to the result IDLE
- Lay off
- Like some threats
- Not in use
- Not working
- Twiddling one's thumbs
- Cleese's cohort, once
- Inactive
- Like chatter, perhaps
- Run in neutral
- Unoccupied
More clues leading to the result SIT
- "__ on it!": Fonzie
- Meet
- Obedience-school command
- Command to Fido
- Convene
- Do nothing
- Down and up leader
- Entreaty for Fido
- Be in session
- Congregate
More clues leading to the result LAZY
- Indolent
- Ergophobic
- Having no drive
- Work-averse
- Moving slowly
- Word before bones or Susan
- Foot-dragging
- Slothful
- Averse to exertion
- Likely to loaf
More clues leading to the result LOLL
- Act the couch potato
- Droop
- Stretch out on the sofa
- Take it easy
- Use a hammock
- Hang around
- Be a couch potato
- Lounge about
- Chillax
- Enjoy your vacation
More clues leading to the result INDOLENT
- Do-nothing
- Sluggish
- Slothful
- Torpid
- Lazy
- Averse to activity
- Lazy.
- Lackadaisical.
- Suffering from spring fever.
- Lethargic
More clues leading to the result SITBY
- Be passive
- Take no action
- Be too passive
- Plop down next to
- Remain at the sidelines
- Refuse to participate
- Be indifferent
- Wait eagerly at, as the phone
- Fail to act
- Perch next to
More clues leading to the result LAZYBONES
- Sluggard
- Indolent individual
- Slothful sort
- Slugabed
- Carmichael tune
- Loafer
- He'd rather go fishin'.
- Cousin of a sleepyhead.
- Do-nothing.
- Idler
More clues leading to the result BUM
- Like some deals
- Like some raps
- Vagrant
- Cadge
- "Borrow," as a cigarette
- Alley denizen
- Borrow (forver)
- Schlub
- Enthusiast
- Derriere
More clues leading to the result REST
- Caesura
- Take five
- Break
- Kick back
- Moment of silence
- Observe the Sabbath?
- Pause
- Peace of mind
- Take a break
- Take a breather
More clues leading to the result BUMPONALOG
More clues leading to the result LOAFER
- Penny shoe, perhaps
- Lazybones
- Casual shoe
- Slip-on
- Type of slip-on
- Shoe without a lace
- Goldbrick
- Comfortable shoe
- Layabout
- Work shirker
More clues leading to the result SITIDLE
More clues leading to the result SITONONESHANDS
More clues leading to the result VEGETATE
- Watch Netflix all day, say
- Be a couch potato
- Grow like a plant
- Merely exist.
- Lead a dull, inactive life
- Do nothing
More clues leading to the result DRONE
- Humming noise
- Run on
- Talk on and on
- Monotonous hum
- Speak in a monotone
- Apiary member
- Unmanned flight
- Unmanned military craft
- Queen bee's subject?
- Bagpipe noise
More clues leading to the result SITAROUND
More clues leading to the result KNOCKABOUT
- Wander aimlessly
- Go from pillar to post
- Do nothing
- Suitable for rough use.
- Boisterous.
- Criticize a prizefight?
- Loaf
- Pan the boxing match?
- Manhandle
- Wander aimlessly or criticize a prizefight?