| 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: | 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: | inaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of doing nothing |
Synonyms: |
acedia, deferral, deliquescence, depression, doldrums, dormancy, ennui, fecklessness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, lassitude, lethargy, otiosity, passivity, quiescence, quietude, slothfulness, stagnation, stasis, suspension, torpidity, torpor |
Antonyms: |
action |
| Main Entry: | inactivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inaction |
Synonyms: |
dawdling, dilly-dallying, dormancy, droning, goof-off time, hibernation, idleness, indolence, inertia, inertness, inoperativeness, joblessness, laze, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loafing, loitering, otiosity, own sweet time, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stagnation, stupor, time on one's hands, time to burn, time to kill, time-wasting, torpidity, torpor, trifling, truancy, unemployment, vegetating |
| Main Entry: | inertness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inaction |
Synonyms: |
dawdling, dilly-dallying, dormancy, droning, goof-off time, hibernation, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inoperativeness, joblessness, laze, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loafing, loitering, otiosity, own sweet time, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stagnation, stupor, time on one's hands, time to burn, time to kill, time-wasting, torpidity, torpor, trifling, truancy, unemployment, vegetating |
| Main Entry: | inoperativeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inaction |
Synonyms: |
dawdling, dilly-dallying, dormancy, droning, goof-off time, hibernation, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, joblessness, laze, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loafing, loitering, otiosity, own sweet time, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stagnation, stupor, time on one's hands, time to burn, time to kill, time-wasting, torpidity, torpor, trifling, truancy, unemployment, vegetating |
| Main Entry: | shiftlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness |
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, sluggardness, sluggishness, stolidity, supineness, tardiness, torpescence, torpidness, weariness |
| Main Entry: | slothfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness |
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, shiftlessness, slackness, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggardness, sluggishness, stolidity, supineness, tardiness, torpescence, torpidness, weariness |
| Main Entry: | sluggardness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness |
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, shiftlessness, slackness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, stolidity, supineness, tardiness, torpescence, torpidness, weariness |
| Main Entry: | laziness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
balmy, desidious, dilatory, dreamy, dronish, drony, drowsy, dull, exanimate, faineant, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, lazy, lazy as Ludlam's dog, leaden, lethargic, lethargical, listless, logily, lumpish, lusk, maudlin, motionless, pottering, remiss, rusty, sedative, sedentary, shilly shally, slack, slothful, slow, sluggish, soulless, stay, supine, torpescent, unbusied, unoccupied
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