| Main Entry: | tardiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lateness |
Synonyms: |
delay, detention, slowness |
Antonyms: |
promptness, punctuality |
| 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: | lateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belatedness |
Synonyms: |
backwardness, delay, prolongation, protraction, retardation, slowness, tardiness |
Antonyms: |
anticipation, earliness, promptness |
| Main Entry: | belatedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lateness |
Synonyms: |
delay, dilatoriness, slowness, tardiness |
| 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: | lateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| 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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| Concept: | Lateness. |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to an effect or purpose |
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-nouns
lateness; tardiness (slowness)., delay, delation; cunctation, procrastination; deferring, deferral; postponement, adjournment, prorogation, retardation, respite, pause, reprieve, stay of execution; protraction, prolongation; Fabian policy, medecine expectante, chancery suit, federal case; leeway; high time; moratorium, holdover.
-verbs
be late; tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time; dawdle (be inactive); linger, loiter; bide one's time, take one's time; gain time; hang fire; stand over, lie over., put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend; table [parliamentary]; shift off, stave off; waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn; procrastinate; dally; prolong, protract; spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out; prorogue; keep back; tide over; push to the last, drive to the last; let the matter stand over; reserve (store); temperize; consult one's pillow, sleep on it., lose an opportunity; be kept waiting, dance attendance; kick one's heels, cool one's heels; faire antichambre; wait impatiently; await (expect); sit up, sit up at night.
-adjectives
late, tardy, slow, behindhand, serotine, belated, postliminious, posthumous, backward, unpunctual, untimely; delayed, postponed; dilatory (slow); delayed; in abeyance.
-adverbs
late; lateward, backward; late in the day; at sunset, at the eleventh hour, at length, at last; ultimately; after time, behind time, after the deadline; too late; too late for., slowly, leisurely, deliberately, at one's leisure; ex post facto; sine die [parl.].
-phrases
nonum prematur in annum [Horace]; "against the sunbeams serotine and lucent" [Longfellow]; ie meglio tardi che mai ["Better late than never" (Italian)]; deliberando saepe perit occasio [Syrus. "The opportunity often slips away
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Antonyms: |
earliness |
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