We tend to slack off after many hours of hard work.
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Slack
//slæk//
Synonyms for "slack" (504 found)
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Closest matches (101)
slowabateculmloosenegligentslakestandingabandonabatementabeyantaloofamblinganemicapatheticassortmentasthenicbackwardbaggingbaggybate
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beat upbeat-upbedraggledbehindhandbenumbedblahblasebloodlessblow outblowzybone-lazybonescadgingcarelesscatalepticcatatoniccautiouschaffchamberingchickenchintzychokecircumspectclaudicantcoal dustcomatosecombcoomcowardlycrawlingcreepingcreeping like snailculpably negligentcutdallyingdampdanglingdeaddeadwooddebilitateddeclinedecreasedelaydelayingdeliberatedelinquentdellderelictdesensitizeddetacheddiffusedilapidateddilatorydillydallyingdiminishdiminutiondishwaterdisinteresteddisjoindispersedisregardfuldissolutedo nothingdo-nothingdodgedog itdolessdopeydormantdousedowndown at the heeldownturndrabbletaileddraffdraggleddraggletailed
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (151)
dregsdronishdronydroopingdroopyduckduck dutydulldustdwindlingeaseease offease upeasyeasygoingeffeteergophobicetiolatedextinguishfaineant
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faintfaintishfalteringfeeblefiddlefartfilingsflabbyflaccidflaggingflappingflatfloppyfoot draggingfoot-draggingforgetfulfoulfreefrowsyfrowzyfrumpishfrumpygarbagegashgentleget out ofgivegoldbrickgonegood-for-nothinggoof offgradualgroggygrubbygutlesshaltinghangingheartlessheavyhebetudinoushobblinghogwashhopelesshuskhusksidleimbecileimpotentimprecisein a stuporin abeyancein ragsin suspenseinactiveinactivityinadvertentinattentiveindifferentindolentinertinfirminformalinsouciantjumplackadaisicallaggardlagginglaissez fairelaissez-fairelanguidlanguorouslaodiceanlatentlaxlazyleadenleaveleave loose endsleave undoneleavingsleesleewayleisurelylenientlesseninglet alonelet belet danglelet downlet golet looselet uplet up onlethargiclifelesslightlimberlimplimpinglingeringlistlesslogyloiteringloose-moraledloosenloosenessloungelulllumberinglumpenlustlessmalingermarrowlessmessymicawberishmiremissmitigatemoderate
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (252)
mussyneglectneglectfulneglectingnervelessnonaggressivenonchalantnoninterferingnonrestrictivenot pull fairnumbnumbedof easy virtueof loose moralsoffoff guardoff-guardoffaloffscouringsolympian
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omitortsotioseoutoverindulgentoverly permissiveoverpermissivepaphianparasiticparingparingspass overpass uppassivepausepermissivephlegmaticpithlessplayplucklesspokingpokypoopedpotsherdspowerlesspretermitprocrastinateprocrastinatingprocrastinativeprocrastinatorypromiscuousput outquenchragraggedraggedyragsraspingraspingsreductionrefuseregardlessrelaxrelaxedreleasereluctantremissremitresignedricketyrinsingroomrubberyruinoussaggingsaplesssaunteringscampingscatterscouringscouringsscragglyscrapscrap ironscrapsscroungingscumsedentaryseedyshabbyshakyshardshardsshavingshavingsshiftlessshirkshoddyshufflingsinewlessskimpingskipskulkslack offslack upslackenslackeningslacklyslacknessslagslatternlysleepingslide out ofslightingslip out ofslipshodslopsloppyslopsslothfulsloughslovenlyslow as deathslow as molassesslow as slowslow downslow upslow-crawlingslow-footslow-goingslow-leggedslow-movingslow-pacedslow-pokyslow-runningslow-sailingslow-steppedslow-upslowdownsluggishslumberingslumpslurringsluttishsmolderingsmothersnail-pacedsnaillikesneak out ofsnuffsnuff outsoftsoldiersoporificsordidspinelessspiritlessspongingspunklesssqualidstaggeringstagnantstamp outstaticstiflestoicstreamingstrengthlessstrollingstubblestupefiedsupinesuspendedsweepingsswilltackytametardytaretarestatteredtentativetiretoddlingtorpidtortoiseliketotteringtrifletrudgingturtlelikeunarousedunbendunbraceuncaringuncircumspectunconcernedunenterprisingunglueunguardedunhardenedunhurrieduninterestedunkemptunlaxunleashunneatunnervedunrestrainedunrigorousunsightlyunsteadyunstickunstrainunstringunstrunguntidyuntightenunwaryunwatchfulunwindvalleywaddlingwantonwastagewastewaste matterwastepaperwaywardweakweakenweaklyweedweedswelshwhorishwithdrawnwork-shy
Adjective(1 words)
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5 entriesTranslations
130 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- λαγαρός adj (not tense)
- βλακεύω verb (to refuse to exert effort)
Bashkir
1 entries- бушаҡ adj (not tense)
Belarusian
1 entries- рассла́блены adj (not tense)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вял adj (not tense)
- небрежен adj (not using due diligence or care)
- отпуснат adj (not tense)
- слаб adj (weak)
Catalan
1 entries- carbonet noun (small coal, coal dust)
Dutch
4 entries- slap adj (not tense)
- slecht gemaakt adj (not using due diligence or care)
- tam adj (not rapid or pressing)
- week adj (weak)
Finnish
4 entries- hiljainen adj (not rapid or pressing)
- huolimaton adj (not using due diligence or care)
- löysä adj (not tense)
- veltto adj (weak)
French
3 entries- lâche adj (not tense)
- gravier noun (small coal, coal dust)
- glander verb (to procrastinate)
German
4 entries- lasch adj (not using due diligence or care)
- lose adj (not tense)
- schlaff adj (not tense)
- schlaff adj (weak)
Hungarian
2 entries- ernyedt adj (not tense)
- laza adj (not tense)
Irish
2 entries- leibideach adj (not using due diligence or care)
- ligean noun (loose part of anything)
Italian
3 entries- allentato adj (not tense)
- carbonella noun (small coal, coal dust)
- polverino noun (small coal, coal dust)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tâng adj (not tense)
Latin
1 entries- laxus adj (not tense)
Macedonian
4 entries- ла́бав adj (not tense)
- не́брежен adj (not using due diligence or care)
- слаб adj (weak)
- си́тен ја́глен noun (small coal, coal dust)
Māori
4 entries- kaewa adj (not tense)
- korokoro adj (not tense)
- kōrurururu adj (not tense)
- māwāwā adj (not tense)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- طمرسز adj (not using due diligence or care)
- گوشك adj (not tense)
- گوشك adj (not using due diligence or care)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- schlaup adj (not tense)
Polish
1 entries- rozluźniony adj (not tense)
Portuguese
2 entries- frouxo adj (weak)
- enrolar verb (to procrastinate)
Russian
4 entries- небре́жный adj (not using due diligence or care)
- ненатя́нутый adj (not tense)
- рассла́бленный adj (not tense)
- сла́бый adj (weak)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dìomhain adj (not using due diligence or care)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- labavo adj (not tense)
- mlohavo adj (weak)
- opušteno adj (not tense)
- odugovlačiti verb (to procrastinate)
Spanish
4 entries- flojo adj (not tense)
- flojo adj (weak)
- holgado adj (not tense)
- suelto adj (not tense)
Tagalog
1 entries- lundo noun (loose part of anything)
Turkish
1 entries- gevşek adj (not tense)
Ukrainian
1 entries- розсла́блений adj (not tense)
Sample sentences
54 total sentences available.
It is important that no one is allowed to slack off on their assigned work.
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Cut him some slack, John. It's his first day on the job.
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Let's cut Tom some slack.
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