Thesaurus / idleness
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synonyms for idleness
- dawdling
- dormancy
- droning
- hibernation
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stupor
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- dilly-dallying
- goof-off time
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- loitering
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- time on one's hands
- time to burn
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- vegetating
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Ordinarily, she says, the camps are places of profound idleness.
PAIRING ECONOMICS WITH EMPATHY TO STUDY LIFE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLDALISSA GREENBERGAUGUST 24, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThey are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts, and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.
JUNETEENTH, EXPLAINEDFABIOLA CINEASJUNE 17, 2021VOXThe first four games of their season were canceled, creating a seven-day gap between their last exhibition and Opening Day — idleness aplenty to damage the timing of every hitter and warp the regimen of every pitcher.
THE NATIONALS DIDN’T SEEK THIS PAIN, BUT THEY MIGHT BE GROWING FROM ITTHOMAS M. BOSWELLAPRIL 22, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAnd, though they didn’t know it at the time, it was just the beginning of a long period of idleness and uncertainty.
‘SIX’ SEEMED BOUND FOR BROADWAY GLORY. THEN A PANDEMIC SHUT IT DOWN ON OPENING NIGHT.PETER MARKSMARCH 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAs long as you can engage with it in a healthy way—such that boredom prompts you to engage in beneficial behaviors—you should try to spend some of your time in idleness.
THERE’S A RIGHT AND WRONG WAY TO BE BOREDSARA CHODOSHJANUARY 22, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEMake no mistake, commuting is still my favorite part of the day, but not because the idleness is a welcome change.
PODCASTS AND INTERNET MARKETING: ARE YOU MISSING THE BOAT?NASIRABADI REZAJULY 30, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHCompeting stores needlessly occupy the time of hundreds of thousands of employees in a mixture of idleness and industry.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKBut when all is said about the horror of idleness the broad fact remains that the hours of work are too long.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKThe boys have his presence, not only as a check to idleness or noise, but as an encouragement to industry.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAMI in these speculations will consumeMy idleness; because the truth, when known,Though sad, has yet its charms.
THE POEMS OF GIACOMO LEOPARDIGIACOMO LEOPARDIWORDS RELATED TO IDLENESS
- affluence
- ataraxia
- bed of roses
- calm
- calmness
- comfort
- content
- contentment
- easiness
- gratification
- happiness
- idleness
- inactivity
- inertia
- inertness
- leisure
- luxury
- peace of mind
- prosperity
- quietness
- quietude
- relaxation
- repose
- requiescence
- rest
- restfulness
- satisfaction
- security
- serenity
- supinity
- tranquility
- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.