The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OTIOSE , but the solution may also be LOAF which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Idle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OTIOSE | 33 % | 6 |
| LOAF | 16 % | 4 |
| ATREST | 10 % | 6 |
| LAZE | 9 % | 4 |
| ATLEISURE | 3 % | 9 |
| JOBLESS | 2 % | 7 |
| INACTIVE | 2 % | 8 |
| VAIN | 2 % | 4 |
| LOLL | 2 % | 4 |
| USELESS | 2 % | 7 |
| NOTON | 2 % | 5 |
| LOITER | 1 % | 6 |
| LOAFING | 1 % | 7 |
| ONTHESTREET | 1 % | 11 |
| WANDER | 1 % | 6 |
| DORMANT | 1 % | 7 |
| UNUSED | 1 % | 6 |
| LIEAROUND | 1 % | 9 |
| BETWEENJOBS | 1 % | 11 |
| ATEASE | 1 % | 6 |
| KILLTIME | 1 % | 8 |
| OUTOFWORK | 1 % | 9 |
| NOTHINGDOING | 1 % | 12 |
| ATLIBERTY | 1 % | 9 |
| FAINEANT | 1 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Idle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lazy
- indolent
- faineant
- bone-idle
- slothful
- laze
- stagnate
- lackadaisical
- work-shy
- inactive
- otiose
- unemployed
Crossword Answer definitions
OTIOSE adjective- Having no effect.
- Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.
- Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
- Of a person, possessing a bored indolence.
- Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
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 OTIOSE
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 ATREST
- Not in motion
- On a chaise lounge
- Reposing
- Motionless
- Chilling
- Chilling out
- Doing nothing
- Not working
- Inert
- Lying calmly
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 ATLEISURE
- Unemployed
- Funemployed, perhaps
- Slowly
- Unhastily
- Idle
- In one's spare time
- With no hurry
- One way to repent?
- Unhurriedly
- Free
More clues leading to the result JOBLESS
More clues leading to the result INACTIVE
More clues leading to the result VAIN
- Like Narcissus
- Egotistical
- Conceited
- Nose-in-the-air
- Fond of oneself
- Cocksure
- Cocky
- Mirror-conscious
- Useless
- Full of oneself
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 USELESS
- Of no value
- Vain
- Of no help whatsoever
- Like a vestigial organ
- Good-for-nothing
- Ineffectual
- Good for nothing
- Not worth a plugged nickel
- Futile
- Having no point
More clues leading to the result NOTON
- "__ your life!"
- Switched off
- Off
- "___ your life!"
- Off the schedule
- Having a bad game
- Preempted, maybe
- Missing all one's jumpers, e.g.
- "___ a bet!"
- Having a bad game, as a pitcher
More clues leading to the result LOITER
- Hang around
- Kill time in public
- Lollygag
- Dillydally
- Don't make oneself useful
- Kill time
- Remain without a reason
- Hang out
- Hang, so to speak
- Mill around
More clues leading to the result LOAFING
- Doing nothing in particular
- Taking it easy
- Doing nothing
- Slacker activity
- Inactivity
- Delightful summer pastime.
- Dawdling.
- Taking it easy.
- Idle
- Goldbricking
More clues leading to the result ONTHESTREET
More clues leading to the result WANDER
- Meander
- Stray from the path
- "Not all those who ___ are lost": Tolkien
- Go here and there
- Go idly about
- Tail a nomad
- Drift
- Roam
- Stray
- Ramble
More clues leading to the result DORMANT
- Like some volcanos
- In abeyance
- Inactive, as a volcano
- Hibernating
- Like Fuji
- One way to lie
- Quiescent
- Inactive
- Undisclosed
- Fallow
More clues leading to the result UNUSED
- In mint condition
- New
- Brand-new
- Left over
- Still wrapped
- Never out of the original package
- Brand new
- Returnable, in most cases
- Fresh
- On the shelf
More clues leading to the result LIEAROUND
More clues leading to the result BETWEENJOBS
More clues leading to the result ATEASE
- Drill instructor's command
- Drill-sergeant's command
- Drill instructor's directive
- Relaxing
- Relaxed
- "Relax, soldiers!"
- Drill sergeant directive
- Standing order?
- "Relax, private!"
- "Relax, dogface!"
More clues leading to the result KILLTIME
- While away the hour
- Do a sudoku puzzle or two, perhaps
- Shop in airport stores, say
- Twiddle one's thumbs
- Dawdle: 2 wds.
- Emulate the idler.
- Idle
- Play solitaire, perhaps
More clues leading to the result OUTOFWORK
More clues leading to the result NOTHINGDOING
- "Uh-uh!"
- "Forget it!", and a hint to the starts of 19-, 28- and 44-Across
- *Idle
- No, siree!
- "Not a chance!"
- "Forget about it!"
- "Forget about it!" ... or a clue to the starts of 20-, 27- and 47-Across