Idle and Reduce

Idle

Idle verb - To spend time doing nothing.

Reduce and idle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reduce" instead a verb "Idle".

Nearby Words: idled, idleness, idler, idling, idly

Reduce

Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.

Idle and reduce are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Idle" instead a verb "Reduce".

Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

attack idle attack reduce attack
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