Doodle
Doodle verb - To spend time in aimless activity.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Doodle
Play with and doodle are semantically related In some cases you can use "Play with" instead a verb "Doodle".
Nearby Words: doodled, doodling
Play with
Play with verb - To handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously.
Doodle and play with are semantically related in toy with topic. Sometimes you can use "Doodle" instead a verb "Play with", if it concerns topics such as fiddle with.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
-
Done backwards in The Scarlet Ibis, where Doodle's brother has his dreams of a sibling he could run/play with dashed when his brother is born disabled.
Source: Dream-Crushing Handicap -
Despite a habit of stopping in mid-sentence to play with folded-paper gliders and doodle schematics for working instruments of destruction in the margins, Lord Vetinari still employs him, and finds uses for all his ideas.
Source: Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Cite this Source
Play with and Doodle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/doodle/play_with
Doodle & Play with. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/doodle/play_with>.
Play with or Doodle. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/doodle/play_with.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "doodle" and "play with" have occurred on timeline