DOODLING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

doodling

verb

present participle of doodle

as in playing

to spend time in aimless activity I plan to spend the entire vacation just doodling

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Recent Examples of doodling While some might show their boredom by doodling on paper or playing on their phone, this pilot took his message to new heights – roughly 1,100 feet (335 meters). — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 Art therapy isn’t just finger painting and doodling. — Hannah Silverman, Parents, 17 June 2026 They were inspired both by the 2023 California Superbloom and memories of doodling flowers while growing up in India. — Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 17 May 2026 Amazon Kindle Scribe Deal The Kindle Scribe is for the reader who can't stop doodling in the margins. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026 Seidle sketches out miniature worlds on his Casio with the oblong abstractions of a kindergartener doodling on a piece of paper, his primitive songs existing in a kind of nascent pre-genre state. — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026 The design was inspired by the hair-tearing boredom of COVID lockdown-era remote work, a time in which Knafs founder Ben Petersen maintained sanity during Zoom calls by fidgeting around with pocket knives and doodling pictures. — New Atlas, 26 Mar. 2026 Like a lot of artists, Zard Apuya remembers being the kind of kid who was always doodling or drawing. — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 Their two oldest sat behind them in a drab conference room, doodling or staring blankly at the screen. — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026

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playing

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Rumors have circulated that Stan may be playing Harvey Dent, the district attorney who eventually becomes the villainous Two-Face and was previously portrayed by Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones, and Billy Dee Williams.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
Trout, whose Angels tenure has included seven managers and five heads of baseball operations, will now be playing under a new owner for the first time.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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