Idleness synonyms and antonyms

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lounging
The act of one who lounges.
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time-killing
State of being inactive
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slothfulness
(Uncountable) The state or quality of being slothful.
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loitering
The crime of being in a public place without a valid reason.
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idling
An idle period; something done idly.
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inertia
(Medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
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inactivity
The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
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unemployment
The state of having no job; joblessness.
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joblessness
The state of being jobless or unemployed
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lethargy
(Medicine) An abnormal state of drowsiness, as caused by disease or drugs.
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lollygagging
State of being inactive
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goldbricking
State of being inactive
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meanness (related)
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laziness (related)
The quality of being lazy
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loafing
State of being inactive
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dawdling
The act of one who dawdles.
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indolence
Habitual laziness; sloth.
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torpor
A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility.
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otiosity
State of being inactive
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dormancy
The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
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stupor
A state of reduced sensibility or consciousness:
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puttering
State of being inactive
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trifling
State of being inactive
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truancy
The state of being truant
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vegetation
The plants of an area or a region; plant life:
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dalliance
A brief involvement or interest in something:
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shilly-shallying
The action of the verb
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dilly-dallying
State of being inactive
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fooling-around
State of being inactive
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goofing-off
State of being inactive
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slowness
The quality or state of being slow.
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industry (antonym)
(Archaeology) A collection of artifacts or tools made from a specified material:
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action (antonym)
Organized activity to accomplish an objective:
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occupation (antonym)
The military government exercising control over an occupied nation or territory.
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leisure (related)
Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.
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activity (antonym)
The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
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busyness (antonym)
(US) The state of being busy.
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labor (antonym)
The work accomplished by, or the role in production of, all workers, esp. workers for wages
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work (antonym)
A place where work is done, as a factory, public utility plant, etc.
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hustle (antonym)
(Slang) An illicit or unethical way of doing business or obtaining money; a fraud or deceit:
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ambition (antonym)
The definition of ambition is motivation or a strong urge to achieve something.
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employment (antonym)
Employment is defined as what you do as a paying job.
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diligence (antonym)
(Law, Scotland) The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
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inertness
(Chemistry) Quality of being unreactive with other chemical compounds or elements.
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inoperativeness
The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
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shiftlessness
The property of being shiftless.
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sloth
Sloth is laziness or a lack of effort, or a slow-moving, tree-hanging mammal from Central and South America.
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sluggardness
The quality or state of being lazy
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industrious (related)
The quality or state of being lazy
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faineance
The state or quality of being faineant.
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groundlessness
The state or condition of being groundless.
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intemperance (related)
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self-indulgence (related)
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penury (related)
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avarice (related)
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privation (related)
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selfishness (related)
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sluggishness
The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
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covetousness (related)
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Idleness Sentence Examples

  • She had a warlike spirit that preferred trouble to idleness.

  • You have spent your life in idleness.

  • Moreover, Dr Gilly's book (A Visit to the Valleys of Piedmont), chancing to fall into the hands of an officer who had lost his leg at Waterloo, Colonel Beckwith, suggested an object for the energies of one who was 10th at the age of twenty-six to sink into enforced idleness.

  • In his hatred of idleness, he ventured to suppress no less than seventeen fetes, and he had a project for lessening the number of those devoted to clerical and monastic life, by fixing the age for taking the vows some years later than was then customary.

  • All had to live in absolute poverty, chastity and idleness.

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