Definitions

laze

[leyz] / leɪz /

VERB

idle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

loiter loll saunter

STRONG

bum dally dillydally dream drift evade goldbrick lie loaf lounge malinger piddle relax shirk slack stall stroll trifle vegetate

WEAK

be inactive be indolent be slothful be unoccupied bum around do nothing fool around fritter away hang out kill time knock around let down lounge around not lift a finger pass time sit around slow down stand around take it easy twiddle thumbs waste time while away hours

Antonyms

STRONG

do face meet

Example Sentences

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Now 16, Pebbles does not tend to go after the wildlife so much, preferring to laze around campus waiting to be fed by staff.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2024

Two large pregnant pigs laze in an adjacent pen.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023

No one was seriously hurt in that laze either.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2021

Dogs laze under tables, children scamper around playing corn hole and leaping off low stone walls in the grass.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2021

“That ought to teach him not to laze around like this the whole day long.”

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl