Idle and Try

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Idle

Idle verb - To spend time doing nothing.
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Antonyms for Idle
Try is an antonym for idle.
Nearby Words: idled, idleness, idler, idling, idly

Try

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
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Synonyms for Try
Antonyms for Try
Idle is an antonym for try in attempt topic.
Nearby Words: tried, trying
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Common collocations

attack idle attack try attack
advantage idle advantage try advantage

Both words in one sentence

  • Idle Animation If you left him idle near butterflies he would occasionally take out a blowtorch and try to kill them, and if left idle in the club he would dance and do the worm.
    Source: Idle Animation
  • Idle Animation In Shadow Warrior; leaving Lo Wang idle long enough will cause him to complain about standing and eventually try to catch a fly with a pair of chopsticks.
    Source: Idle Animation
  • Film / The Mad Miss Manton Idle Rich: All the girls are viewed this way by the public, but they do a lot of charity work, and try to solve this murder-mystery.
    Source: Film / The Mad Miss Manton
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Try or Idle. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/idle/try.

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