doodle
Absentminded pencil marks
A doodle is an aimless drawing made while the mind is elsewhere—during a phone call, a boring meeting, a lecture.
The verb means to make such drawings: She doodled in the margins of her notebook.
By extension, to doodle can mean to waste time or putter around without purpose.
Write without care
- scrawlCareless, illegible writing
- jotBrief, hasty recording
- squiggleIrregular wavy mark
- drawingMarks forming a picture
illustration · cartoon · caricature · diagram · figure · thumbnail · rough · outline
Curve winding around center
- swirlRotating, curving movement
- loopCurve closing on itself
- zigzagAngled back-and-forth path
- crosshatchIntersecting line pattern
circle · star · heart · flower · arrow · box · squiggle · geometric
Thing diverting one's attention
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- boredomWeary disinterest from monotony
- inattentionLack of focus
- fidgetingRestless minor movements
absentminded · procrastination · dawdling · mind-wandering · unfocused · autopilot · restlessness · disengaged
Playfully fanciful or erratic
- lightheartedCheerful and without worry
- funAmusement or pleasure
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- carefreeFree from anxiety
freeform · unstructured · improvised · casual · random · silly · childlike · uninhibited
Unnamed small object
- doohickeyPlaceholder word for objects
- thingamajigPlaceholder for unnamed objects
- whatchamacallitStand-in for forgotten names
- gizmoNameless mechanical device
widget · thingy · gadget · contraption · dingus · whatsit · thingummy
scribble
Write without care
drawing · illustration · cartoon · caricature · diagram · figure · thumbnail · rough · outline · draft
spiral
Curve winding around center
crosshatch · circle · star · heart · flower · arrow · box · squiggle · geometric · abstract
distraction
Thing diverting one's attention
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- boredomWeary disinterest from monotony
- inattentionLack of focus
fidgeting · absentminded · procrastination · dawdling · mind-wandering · unfocused · autopilot · restlessness · disengaged · tuned-out
whimsical
Playfully fanciful or erratic
- lightheartedCheerful and without worry
- funAmusement or pleasure
- spontaneousArising without external cause
carefree · freeform · unstructured · improvised · casual · random · silly · childlike · uninhibited · loose
doodad
Unnamed small object
- doohickeyPlaceholder word for objects
- thingamajigPlaceholder for unnamed objects
- whatchamacallitStand-in for forgotten names
gizmo · widget · thingy · gadget · contraption · dingus · whatsit · thingummy
- picturespicture, photograph, photo, image, pic
- comicscomic books, comic book, comic strip, comic art, comic panel
- drawingssketch, portrait, landscape, still life, cartoon
- hybridshybrid car, crossbred, mule, hybrid cars, tigon
- illustrationsillustration, drawings, engravings, etchings, lithographs
- marksmark, blemish, blotch, stroke, seal of approval
doodlemasterpiece
Supreme artistic achievement
work · toil · labour · labor · buckle down
doodlemasterwork
Supreme creative achievement
magnum opus · fine art · commissioned work · museum piece · oil painting
- Yankee DoodleRevolutionary-era American march
- cheese doodlePuffed corn snack
- golden doodlePoodle-retriever crossbreed
- Yankee Doodle DandyClassic American patriotic song
- Google DoodlesDecorative search engine logos
- idle doodling
doodles, doodling, doodled, doodler, doodah, doodlers, doodlings