Synonyms for Indolent

Synonyms for "indolent" (115 found)

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Closest matches (23)

faineant inactive ambling bone-lazy cadging cautious circumspect claudicant crawling creeping creeping like snail deliberate dilatory do nothing do-nothing doless dronish drony easy easygoing

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ergophobic

Adjective(2 words)

bone-idle dull

Strong matches (35)

Adjective(2 words)

faineant lazy

faltering flagging foot dragging foot-dragging gentle good-for-nothing gradual halting hobbled hobbling idle inert lackadaisical laggard languid languishing languorous lax lazy lazybones

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lazyboots lazylegs leisurely lethargic lie-abed limping listless lumbering moderate

Adjective(4 words)

idle lackadaisical lazy lither

Related words (57)

Related word relations

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Synonyms

2 entries

faineant work shy

Related terms

2 entries

indolence indolency

derived

2 entries

indolent lesion of epithelial origin indolently

has context

2 entries

medicine pathology

related to

8 entries

habitually indolence indolency induce laziness lazy procrastinate ulcer

similar

3 entries

idle inactive

Translations

53 translations across 20 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries

бавно заздравяващ adj (medicine: healing slowly)
безболезнен adj (medicine: causing little or no physical pain)
ленив adj (habitually lazy)
мързелив adj (habitually lazy)

Catalan

1 entries

indolent adj (habitually lazy)

Czech

4 entries

indolentní adj (habitually lazy)
lhostejný adj (habitually lazy)
líný adj (habitually lazy)
nebolestivý adj (medicine: causing little or no physical pain)

Dutch

1 entries

werkschuw adj (habitually lazy)

Finnish

4 entries

indolentti adj (medicine: causing little or no physical pain)
itsepintainen adj (medicine: healing slowly)
kivuton adj (medicine: causing little or no physical pain)
saamaton adj (habitually lazy)

French

2 entries

indolent adj (habitually lazy)
indolent adj (medicine: causing little or no physical pain)

German

4 entries

arbeitsscheu adj (habitually lazy)
ermüdend adj (inducing laziness)
faul adj (habitually lazy)
indolent adj (medicine: causing little or no physical pain)

Hungarian

1 entries

lusta adj (habitually lazy)

Irish

3 entries

leasc adj (medicine: causing little or no physical pain)
leasc adj (medicine: healing slowly)
sácráilte adj (habitually lazy)

Latin

1 entries

piger adj (habitually lazy)

Norwegian

1 entries

arbeidsky adj (habitually lazy)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

تنبل adj (habitually lazy)
هایلاز adj (habitually lazy)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

ful adj (habitually lazy)

Polish

2 entries

bezbolesny adj (medicine: causing little or no physical pain)
leniwy adj (habitually lazy)

Portuguese

3 entries

indolente adj (habitually lazy)
indolente adj (inducing laziness)
vadio adj (habitually lazy)

Russian

4 entries

безболе́зненный adj (medicine: causing little or no physical pain)
безде́ятельный adj (habitually lazy)
вялотеку́щий adj (medicine: healing slowly)
лени́вый adj (habitually lazy)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

leisg adj (habitually lazy)

Spanish

3 entries

indolente adj (habitually lazy)
indolente adj (medicine: causing little or no physical pain)
indolente adj (medicine: healing slowly)

Tocharian B

1 entries

ālase adj (habitually lazy)

Turkish

1 entries

uyuz adj (habitually lazy)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He was an indolent man, who lived only to eat, drink, and play at cards.

Source: tatoeba (837432)

Indolent youth creates a begging old age.

Source: tatoeba (11028993)

"We are not hangmen to torture a prisoner till he confesses," observed some one in a quiet and rather indolent tone.

Source: tatoeba (12002698)

The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.

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Indolent