Synonyms of messes around

messes around

verb

present tense third-person singular of mess around

1

as in plays

to spend time in aimless activity

spent the vacation day just messing around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plays
• fools around
• goofs (around)
• fiddles (around)
• putters (around)
• fribbles
• hangs about
• potters (around)
• monkeys (around)
• doodles
• hangs (around or out)
• horses around
• trifles
• kicks around
• lounges
• clowns (around)
• idles
• dawdles
• loafs
• lolls
• dillydallies
• tinkers
• dallies
• diddles (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sets (to)
• settles (down)
• buckles (down)
• knuckles down

2

as in flirts

to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun

a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flirts
• coquets
• toys
• frivols
• trifles
• plays (with)
• strings along
• dallies
• ribs
• fools
• kids
• leads on
• woos
• teases
• vamps
• courts
• razzes
• puts on
• mashes
• manipulates
• joshes

3

as in travels

to come or be together as friends

if you continue to mess around with such narrow-minded boobs, you'll begin to think and act like them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• travels
• associates
• hangs (around or out)
• hooks up
• connects
• bonds
• runs
• fraternizes
• rubs shoulders (with)
• pals (around)
• mixes
• joins
• collaborates
• falls in with
• relates
• takes up with
• sorts
• mingles
• companies
• rubs elbows (with)
• befriends
• consorts
• keeps company (with)
• chums
• consociates
• friends
• groups
• cooperates
• allies
• teams
• clubs
• ties
• hobnobs
• sides
• gets along
• rallies
• affiliates
• couples
• is friends with
• gets on
• attaches
• links
• gangs
• socializes
• interrelates
• colludes
• bands
• knots
• conjoins
• leagues
• weds
• confederates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• shuns
• splits (up)
• snubs
• alienates
• breaks up
• cold-shoulders
• estranges
• splits
• disperses
• disbands
• dissociates
• divorces
• severs
• disunites
• disjoins
• sunders

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Recent Examples of messes around

Other standouts include a Maybelline mascara and a Black and Decker handheld vacuum, which makes quick work of small messes around the house and in the car. —Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026