Idleness synonyms
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State of being inactive
The crime of being in a public place without a valid reason.
The act of one who lounges.
time-killing
State of being inactive
The act of one who dawdles.
The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
Habitual laziness; sloth.
The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
The state of having no job; joblessness.
joblessness
The state of being jobless or unemployed
A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility.
otiosity
State of being inactive
The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
(Medicine) An abnormal state of drowsiness, as caused by disease or drugs.
A state of reduced sensibility or consciousness:
State of being inactive
State of being inactive
The state of being truant
The plants of an area or a region; plant life:
A brief involvement or interest in something:
shilly-shallying
The action of the verb
State of being inactive
fooling-around
State of being inactive
State of being inactive
lollygagging
State of being inactive
State of being inactive
(Uncountable) The state or quality of being slothful.
industry (antonym)
(Archaeology) A collection of artifacts or tools made from a specified material:
action (antonym)
Organized activity to accomplish an objective:
occupation (antonym)
The military government exercising control over an occupied nation or territory.
leisure (related)
Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.
busyness (antonym)
(US) The state of being busy.
labor (antonym)
The work accomplished by, or the role in production of, all workers, esp. workers for wages
work (antonym)
A place where work is done, as a factory, public utility plant, etc.
hustle (antonym)
(Slang) An illicit or unethical way of doing business or obtaining money; a fraud or deceit:
ambition (antonym)
The definition of ambition is motivation or a strong urge to achieve something.
employment (antonym)
Employment is defined as what you do as a paying job.
(Chemistry) Quality of being unreactive with other chemical compounds or elements.
The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
The property of being shiftless.
Sloth is laziness or a lack of effort, or a slow-moving, tree-hanging mammal from Central and South America.
The quality or state of being lazy
industrious (related)
The quality or state of being lazy
faineance
The state or quality of being faineant.
groundlessness
The state or condition of being groundless.
Find another word for idleness. In this page you can discover 56 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for idleness, like: inaction, loafing, loitering, lounging, idling, time-killing, dawdling, inertia, inactivity, indolence and sluggishness.