Idler refers to someone or something idle:

An idle game A slacker, a person who habitually avoids work Idler-wheel, a system used to transmit the rotation of the main shaft of a motor to another rotating device Idler circuit, a circuit in a parametric amplifier to generate an idle response

Idler or The Idler may also refer to:

Books and publications The Idler (1758–1760), series of essays by Samuel Johnson and his contemporaries The Idler (1892–1911), literary and humorous magazine started by Jerome K. Jerome The Idler (1993), bi-monthly British magazine exploring alternative ways of working and living The Idler (Canadian magazine), Canadian literary magazine published from 1985 to 1993 The Idlers, 1906 novel by Morley Roberts

Music Idlers (Canadian band), a Canadian reggae band The Idlers, a United States Coast Guard Academy ensemble

Other uses The Idler (film), a 1914 American film adaptation of the play of the same name by C. Haddon Chambers Idler (yacht) American Yacht built in 1865 in Fairhaven, Connecticut An Idler, nom-de-plume of George Stillman Hillard (1808–1879) Salomon Idler (1610–1669), German shoemaker and aviation pioneer

See also

Idle (disambiguation)