Synonyms for idleness

noun

1. State of being inactive

   loafing, loitering, lounging, idling, time-killing, dawdling, inertia, inactivity, indolence, sluggishness, unemployment, joblessness, torpor, otiosity, dormancy, lethargy, stupor, puttering, trifling, truancy, droning, vegetation, dallying, dalliance, shilly-shallying, dilly-dallying, fooling around*, goofing off*, lollygagging*, goldbricking*; see also leisure.

   Antonyms industry, action*, occupation.

2. Disinclination to activity

   slowness, indolence, slothfulness; see laziness.