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| Main Entry: | indolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy |
| Synonyms: | easygoing, idle, inactive, inert, lackadaisical, languid, lax, lazy, lethargic, listless, resting, shiftless, slothful, slow, sluggish, torpid, drony, fainéant, slow-going |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, diligent, energetic, enthusiastic, industrious, intent, hard-working |
| Main Entry: | drowsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy |
| Synonyms: | comatose, dazed, dreamy, drugged, heavy, indolent, lackadaisical, languid, lazy, lethargic, restful, sluggish, somnolent, soothing, soporific, tired, torpid, dopy, dozing, dozy, half asleep, lulling, napping, nodding, out of it, slumberous, snoozy |
| Antonyms: | alert, awake, lively, energized |
| Main Entry: | easygoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complacent, permissive |
| Synonyms: | amenable, breezy, calm, carefree, casual, collected, complaisant, composed, devil-may-care*, even-tempered*, flexible, free and easy, happy-go-lucky*, indolent, indulgent, informal, insouciant, laid-back*, lazy, lenient, liberal, mild, moderate, nonchalant, offhand, patient, placid, self-possessed, serene, tolerant, tranquil, unconcerned, uncritical, unhurried, uninhibited, hang-loose, low-pressure, outgiving, poised, relaxed, undemanding |
| Antonyms: | agitated, critical, demanding, hurried, intolerant, nervous, strict, upset, worried, hyped |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not engaged in action; inert, lazy |
| Synonyms: | asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing*, dormant, down, dull, idle, immobile, indolent, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, motionless, ossified, out of commission*, out of work*, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused, abeyant, draggy, in holding pattern, mothballed, on hold, out of action, out of service |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, involved, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not moving; lifeless |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, asleep, dead, dormant, down, dull, idle, immobile, impassive, impotent, inactive, inanimate, indolent, languid, lazy, leaden, listless, motionless, numb, paralyzed, passive, phlegmatic, powerless, quiescent, quiet, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggard, sluggish, static, still, stolid, torpid, unmoving, unresponsive, languorous, slumberous, unreactive |
| Antonyms: | active, alive, animated, lively, mobile, moving, working |
| Main Entry: | lackadaisical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, indifferent |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, apathetic, daydreaming, disinterested, dreamy, dull, enervated, halfhearted, idle, inattentive, indolent, inert, laid-back, languid, languishing, lazy, lethargic, limp, listless, passive, romantic, sentimental, slothful, spiritless, unconcerned, energyless, faineant, incurious, languorous, moony, spring fever |
| Antonyms: | active, careful, energetic, enthusiastic, caring, hard-working |
| Main Entry: | lazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive, sluggish |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, careless, comatose, dilatory, drowsy, dull, idle, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, languid, lethargic, lifeless, loafing, neglectful, passive, remiss, shiftless, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, somnolent, supine, tardy, tired, torpid, trifling, unconcerned, weary, asleep on the job, dallying, flagging, lagging, languorous, out of it, procrastinating, slow-moving, snoozy, unenergetic, unindustrious, unpersevering, unready |
| Antonyms: | active, diligent, energetic, industrious, lively, hard-working |
| Main Entry: | listless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spiritless, without energy |
| Synonyms: | absent, abstracted, apathetic, blah*, bored, careless, dormant, dreamy, drowsy, dull, easygoing, enervated, faint, heavy, heedless, impassive, inanimate, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, insouciant, lackadaisical, laid-back*, languid, languishing, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, limp, lukewarm, neutral, passive, phlegmatic, slack, sleepy, slow, sluggish, stupid, supine, thoughtless, torpid, uninterested, vacant, energyless, lagging, languorous, lymphatic, mopish, out of it |
| Antonyms: | active, alert, attentive, energetic, lively, untired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remiss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, thoughtless |
| Synonyms: | any which way, culpable, daydreaming, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, regardless, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, tardy, uninterested, unmindful, any old way, asleep at switch, asleep on job, behindhand, defaultant, disregardful, fainéant, woolgathering |
| Antonyms: | careful, mindful, scrupulous, thorough, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | shiftless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, good-for-nothing, idle, inattentive, incompetent, indolent, lackadaisical, laggard, lethargic, lifeless, loafing, slack, slothful, unmotivated, dallying, directionless, lagging, procrastinating, unambitious, unenergetic, unindustrious |
| Main Entry: | slothful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy |
| Synonyms: | comatose, dull, idle, inactive, inattentive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, languid, lethargic, lifeless, listless, loafing, passive, slack, slow, sluggish, supine, tired, dallying, lagging, procrastinating, snoozy, unenergetic |
| Main Entry: | sluggish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, slow-moving |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blah*, comatose, dopey*, down, dragging, heavy, inactive, indolent, inert, laid-back*, languid, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, listless, lumpish, off, phlegmatic, slack, slothful, slow, sluggard, stagnant, stiff, sullen, torpid, unresponsive, draggy, drippy, hebetudinous, languorous, mooney, pokey*, sleepyheaded, slumberous |
| Antonyms: | active, alert, energetic, fast, lively, spirited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | torpid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, slow |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, comatose, dopey*, dormant, drowsy, dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, languid, latent, leaden, lethargic, listless, motionless, numb, paralyzed, passive, slothful, sluggish, sodden, somnolent, stagnant, static, stupid, benumbed, faineant, hebetudinous, languorous, lymphatic, slow-moving, slumberous, stuporous |
| Antonyms: | active, energetic, lively, moving, quick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bloodless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, cold, dull, impassive, indolent, insensible, insensitive, languid, lazy, lifeless, listless, slow, sluggish, spiritless, torpid, unemotional, unkind, coldhearted, passionless |
| Antonyms: | feeling, sensitive, caring |
| Main Entry: | careless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without sufficient attention |
| Synonyms: | absent-minded, abstracted, casual, cursory, forgetful, hasty, heedless, improvident, imprudent, inaccurate, inadvertent, incautious, inconsiderate, indifferent, indiscreet, indolent, injudicious, irresponsible, lackadaisical, lax, loose, mindless, negligent, nonchalant, oblivious, offhand, perfunctory, reckless, regardless, remiss, slipshod, sloppy, thoughtless, unconcerned, unguarded, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, wasteful, disregardful, napping, pococurante, uncircumspect, unreflective |
| Notes: | carefree means free of trouble and worry and care while careless means marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful |
| Antonyms: | accurate, attentive, careful, cautious, concerned, mindful, painstaking, prudent, ready, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unintelligent |
| Synonyms: | addled, backward, besotted, boring, brainless, daffy, daft, dense, dim, dim-witted, dumb, half-baked, ignorant, indolent, insensate, low, moronic, obtuse, scatterbrained, shallow, simple, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupid, tedious, thick, vacuous, wearisome, witless, doltish, feeble-minded, imbecilic, not bright, numskulled, simple-minded, unintellectual |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, keen, sharp, smart, witty |
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhurried, lazy |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, crawling, creeping, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, disinclined, dreamy, drowsy, easy, gradual, heavy, idle, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, listless, measured, moderate, negligent, passive, phlegmatic, ponderous, quiet, reluctant, remiss, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggish, stagnant, supine, tardy, torpid, dawdling, lagging, loitering, plodding, postponing, procrastinating, slow-moving, snaillike, tortoiselike |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, fast, hurried, quick, rapid |
| Main Entry: | otiose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | lazy |
| Synonyms: | idle, indolent, listless, slothful |
| Main Entry: | idle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy |
| Synonyms: | indolent, lackadaisical, resting, shiftless, slothful, sluggish, at rest, taking it easy |
| Antonyms: | ambitious, busy, diligent, hustling, productive |
| Main Entry: | slack |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, negligent |
| Synonyms: | careless, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, dormant, dull, idle, inactive, inattentive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lax, lethargic, neglectful, permissive, quiescent, quiet, regardless, remiss, slothful, slow, sluggish, stagnant, tardy, asleep on the job, behindhand, disregardful, easy-going, faineant, not busy, slow-moving |
| Antonyms: | active, alert, disciplined |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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