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idleness

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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: ease
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: peace, quiet; lack of difficulty

Synonyms:

affluence, ataraxia, bed of roses, calm, calmness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, leisure, luxury, passivity, peace of mind*, prosperity, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, requiescence, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, security, serenity, supinity, tranquility

Antonyms:

difficulty, disquiet, excitableness, furor, strife, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest
Main Entry: futility
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: uselessness

Synonyms:

emptiness, frivolousness, fruitlessness, hollowness, idleness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, meaninglessness, pointlessness, senselessness, unprofitableness, worthlessness
Main Entry: inertia
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disinclination to move; lifelessness

Synonyms:

apathy, deadness, drowsiness, dullness, idleness, immobility, immobilization, inactivity, indolence, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, listlessness, oscitancy, paralysis, passivity, sloth, sluggishness, stillness, stupor, torpidity, torpor, unresponsiveness

Antonyms:

activity, animation, life, liveliness, moving
Main Entry: languor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lethargy

Synonyms:

apathy, dullness, fatigue, idleness, inaction, inactivity, laziness, listlessness, sluggishness, tiredness, torpor, weakness
Main Entry: lassitude
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lethargy

Synonyms:

apathy, dullness, exhaustion, fatigue, idleness, inaction, inactivity, languor, laziness, listlessness, sleepiness, sluggishness, tiredness, torpor, weakness, weariness
Main Entry: laziness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: unwillingness to work, be active

Synonyms:

apathy, dilatoriness, do-nothingness, dormancy, dreaminess, drowsiness, dullness, faineance, faineancy, heaviness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languorousness, laxness, leadenness, leisureliness, lethargy, listlessness, neglectfulness, negligence, otioseness, otiosity, passivity, remissness, slackness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, stolidity, supineness, tardiness, torpescence, torpidness, weariness

Antonyms:

activity, diligence, hard work, industriousness, industry, liveliness
Main Entry: lethargy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: laziness, sluggishness

Synonyms:

apathy, coma, disinterest, disregard, drowsiness, dullness, hebetude, heedlessness, idleness, impassivity, inaction, inactivity, inanition, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, insouciance, languor, lassitude, listlessness, passiveness, phlegm, sleep, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, slumber, stupor, supineness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor, unconcern, unmindfulness

Antonyms:

activity, busyness, energy, life, liveliness, vigor, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity
Main Entry: rest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: inactivity

Synonyms:

break, breather, breathing space, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime, doze, dreaminess, ease, forty winks, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup, lull, motionlessness, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, siesta, silence, sleep, slumber, somnolence, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, tranquillity, vacation

Antonyms:

action, activity, energy
Main Entry: sloth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: laziness

Synonyms:

do-nothingness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, lackadaisicalness, languidness, laxness, lethargy, listlessness, slackness, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, supineness
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