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| Main Entry: | idleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness, inaction |
| Synonyms: | dawdling, dilly-dallying, dormancy, droning, goof-off time, hibernation, inactivity, indolence, inertia, joblessness, laze, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loafing, loitering, otiosity, own sweet time, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stupor, time on one's hands, time to burn, time to kill, time-wasting, torpidity, torpor, trifling, truancy, unemployment, vegetating |
| Antonyms: | action, ambition, busyness, diligence, employment, hustle, industry, labor, occupation, work |
| Main Entry: | futility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uselessness |
| Synonyms: | emptiness, idleness, worthlessness, frivolousness, fruitlessness, hollowness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, meaninglessness, pointlessness, senselessness, unprofitableness |
| Main Entry: | inertia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disinclination to move; lifelessness |
| Synonyms: | apathy, dullness, idleness, indolence, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, listlessness, sloth, sluggishness, stillness, stupor, torpor, deadness, drowsiness, immobility, immobilization, inactivity, oscitancy, paralysis, passivity, torpidity, unresponsiveness |
| Antonyms: | activity, animation, life, liveliness, moving |
| Main Entry: | languor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lethargy |
| Synonyms: | apathy, dullness, fatigue, idleness, inaction, laziness, listlessness, sluggishness, torpor, weakness, inactivity, tiredness |
| Main Entry: | lassitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lethargy |
| Synonyms: | apathy, dullness, exhaustion, fatigue, idleness, inaction, languor, laziness, listlessness, sleepiness, sluggishness, torpor, weakness, weariness, inactivity, tiredness |
| Main Entry: | laziness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unwillingness to work, be active |
| Synonyms: | apathy, dullness, heaviness, idleness, indolence, inertia, lethargy, listlessness, negligence, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggishness, tardiness, weariness, dilatoriness, do-nothingness, dormancy, dreaminess, drowsiness, faineance, faineancy, inactivity, inertness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languorousness, laxness, leadenness, leisureliness, neglectfulness, otioseness, otiosity, passivity, remissness, slackness, slothfulness, stolidity, supineness, torpescence, torpidness |
| Antonyms: | activity, diligence, hard work, industry, liveliness, industriousness |
| Main Entry: | lethargy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness, sluggishness |
| Synonyms: | apathy, coma, disregard, dullness, idleness, inaction, indifference, indolence, inertia, languor, lassitude, listlessness, passiveness, sleep, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, slumber, stupor, torpor, unconcern, disinterest, drowsiness, hebetude, heedlessness, impassivity, inactivity, inanition, inertness, insouciance, phlegm, supineness, torpidity, torpidness, unmindfulness |
| Antonyms: | activity, energy, life, liveliness, vigor, vitality, vivacity, busyness, vivaciousness |
| Main Entry: | sloth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness |
| Synonyms: | idleness, indolence, inertia, lethargy, listlessness, slowness, sluggishness, do-nothingness, inactivity, lackadaisicalness, languidness, laxness, slackness, slothfulness, supineness |
| Main Entry: | torpor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lethargy |
| Synonyms: | apathy, dullness, idleness, inaction, languor, laziness, listlessness, passiveness, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggishness, slumber, stupor, disinterest, dormancy, drowsiness, impassivity, inactivity, lifelessness, torpidity, torpidness |
| Main Entry: | indolence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sloth |
| Synonyms: | disinclination, idleness, laziness, procrastination |
| Main Entry: | sluggishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | apathy |
| Synonyms: | fatigue, idleness, inaction, languor, laziness, lethargy, drowsiness |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace, quiet; lack of difficulty |
| Synonyms: | affluence, bed of roses*, calm, calmness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inertia, leisure, luxury, peace of mind*, prosperity, relaxation, repose, rest, satisfaction, security, serenity, tranquility, ataraxia, inactivity, inertness, passivity, quietness, quietude, requiescence, restfulness, supinity |
| Antonyms: | difficulty, disquiet, furor, strife, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, excitableness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactivity |
| Synonyms: | break, breather*, breathing space*, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, downtime*, doze, ease, forty winks*, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup*, lull, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, silence, sleep, slumber, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, vacation, cutoff, dreaminess, motionlessness, quietude, siesta, somnolence, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | action, activity, energy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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