Synonyms for Laziness

Synonyms for "laziness" (90 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Noun(5 words)

indolence sloth acedia carelessness coasting

abandoncareless abandoncarelessness casualness cautiousness circumspection creeping cursoriness deliberateness deliberation dilatoriness disregardfulness do-nothingness

Strong matches (27)

drawl easiness ergophobia faineancy faineantisefoot draggingfoot-dragging forgetfulness hastiness heedlessness hoboism idleness inactivity inconsiderateness inconsideration indifference indolence inertia inertness inexertion

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insouciancelack of foresightlaggardness languor

Noun(3 words)

idleness inertia inertias

Related words (45)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

15 entries

behaviorbehavioral statecharacter flawdeadly sinease inactiveness inactivity inertiamoral traitmortal sinrelaxation repose reststate of beingstate of mind

More specific

4 entries

avoidance inertia procrastination slothfulness

Collocations

6 entries

chronic lazinessdisplay lazinessexhibit lazinesshabitual lazinesslaziness at schoolovercome laziness

Inflections

1 entries

lazinesses

Derivations

2 entries

lazily lazy

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Industrious people look down on laziness.

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Success does not come from laziness.

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This misery resulted from his laziness.

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I am ashamed of my son's laziness.

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