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Synonyms for idleness
noun laziness, inaction- 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
Antonyms for idleness
- activity
- energy
- life
- liveliness
- vigor
- action
- ambition
- busyness
- diligence
- employment
- hustle
- industry
- labor
- occupation
- work
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
More words related to idleness
ease
noun. peace, quiet; lack of difficulty
futility
noun. uselessness
inaction
noun. state of doing nothing
inactivity
noun. inaction
- 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.