We tend to slack off after many hours of hard work.
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Slack
/slæk/
Synonyms for "slack" (532 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (107)
abandonabateabatementabeyantaloofamblinganemicapatheticassortmentasthenicbackwardbaggingbaggybatebeat upbeat-upbedraggledbehindhandbenumbedblah
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blasebloodlessblow outblowzybone-lazybonescadgingcarelesscatalepticcatatoniccautiouschaffchamberingchickenchintzychokecircumspectclaudicantcoal dustcomatosecombcoomcowardlycrawlingcreepingcreeping like snailculmculpably negligentcutdallyingdampdanglingdeaddeadwooddebilitateddeclinedecreasedelaydelayingdeliberatedelinquentderelictdesensitizeddetacheddiffusedilapidateddilatorydillydallyingdiminishdiminutiondishwaterdisinteresteddisjoindispersedisregardfuldissolutedo nothingdo-nothingdodgedog itdolessdopeydormantdousedowndown at the heeldownturndrabbletaileddraffdraggleddraggletaileddregsdronishdronydroopingdroopy
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (159)
duckduck dutydulldustdwindlingeaseease offease upeasyeasygoingeffeteergophobicetiolatedextinguishfaineantfaintfaintishfalteringfeeblefilings
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flabbyflaccidflaggingflappingflatfloppyfoot 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 onlethargiclifelesslightlimberlimplimpinglingeringlistlesslogyloiteringlooseloose-moraledloosenloosenessloungelulllumberinglumpenlustlessmalingermarrowlessmessymicawberish
Noun(16 words)
Adjective(10 words)
Verb(4 words)
Related words (266)
missmitigatemoderatemussyneglectneglectfulneglectingnegligentnervelessnonaggressivenonchalantnoninterferingnonrestrictivenot pull fairnumbnumbedof easy virtueof loose moralsoffoff guard
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off-guardoffaloffscouringsolympianomitortsotioseoutoverindulgentoverly permissiveoverpermissivepaphianparasiticparingparingspass overpass uppassivepausepermissivephlegmaticpithlessplayplucklesspokingpokypoopedpotsherdspowerlesspretermitprocrastinateprocrastinatingprocrastinativeprocrastinatorypromiscuousput outquenchragraggedraggedyragsraspingraspingsreductionrefuseregardlessrelaxrelaxedreleasereluctantremissremitresignedricketyrinsingroomrubberyruinoussaggingsaplesssaunteringscampingscatterscouringscouringsscragglyscrapscrap ironscrapsscroungingscumsedentaryseedyshabbyshakyshardshardsshavingshavingsshiftlessshirkshoddyshufflingsinewlessskimpingskipskulkslack offslack upslackenslackeningslacknessslagslakeslatternlysleepingslide out ofslightingslip out ofslipshodslopsloppyslopsslothfulslovenlyslowslow as deathslow as molassesslow as slowslow downslow upslow-crawlingslow-footslow-goingslow-leggedslow-movingslow-pacedslow-pokyslow-runningslow-sailingslow-steppedslow-upsluggishslumberingslurringsluttishsmolderingsmothersnail-pacedsnaillikesneak out ofsnuffsnuff outsoftsoldiersoporificsordidspinelessspiritlessspongingspunklesssqualidstaggeringstagnantstamp outstandingstaticstiflestoicstreamingstrengthlessstrollingstubblestupefiedsupinesuspendedsweepingsswilltackytametardytaretarestatteredtentativetiretoddlingtorpidtortoiseliketotteringtrifletrudgingturtlelikeunarousedunbendunbraceuncaringuncircumspectunconcernedunenterprisingunglueunguardedunhardenedunhurrieduninterestedunkemptunlaxunleashunneatunnervedunrestrainedunrigorousunsightlyunsteadyunstickunstrainunstringunstrunguntidyuntightenunwaryunwatchfulunwindwaddlingwantonwastagewastewaste matterwastepaperwaywardweakweakenweaklyweedweedswelshwhorishwithdrawnwork-shy
Noun(17 words)
Adjective(2 words)
tensionlessweak enforcement
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
43 entriesShowing 16 of 43 words.
More specific
13 entriesbaggybelt slackcarelessnessdawdleeaseholiday slowdownlooseloosenlow seasonmidterm lullnegligenceprocrastinaterope slack
Collocations
14 entriesbelt slackgo slackperiod of slackrope slackslack in the ropeslack lineslack musclesslack offslack ropeslack scheduleslack seasonslack tideslack watertake up the slack
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- дребни въглища noun (small coal, coal dust)
- безделнича verb (to procrastinate)
- отпускам се verb (to procrastinate)
Catalan
1 entries- carbonet noun (small coal, coal dust)
Dutch
2 entries- kolengruis noun (small coal, coal dust)
- treuzelen verb (to procrastinate)
Finnish
4 entries- hiilimurska noun (small coal, coal dust)
- hiilipöly noun (small coal, coal dust)
- velttoilla verb (to procrastinate)
- vetelehtiä verb (to procrastinate)
French
2 entries- gravier noun (small coal, coal dust)
- glander verb (to procrastinate)
German
4 entries- Schlacke noun (small coal, coal dust)
- bummeln verb (to procrastinate)
- faul sein verb (to procrastinate)
- faulenzen verb (to procrastinate)
Italian
2 entries- carbonella noun (small coal, coal dust)
- polverino noun (small coal, coal dust)
Macedonian
4 entries- си́тен ја́глен noun (small coal, coal dust)
- ја́гленов прав noun (small coal, coal dust)
- безде́лничи verb (to procrastinate)
- се вле́чка verb (to procrastinate)
Portuguese
1 entries- enrolar verb (to procrastinate)
Russian
4 entries- у́гольная пы́ль noun (small coal, coal dust)
- безде́льничать verb (to procrastinate)
- ло́дырничать verb (to procrastinate)
- сачкова́ть verb (to procrastinate)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- odugovlačiti verb (to procrastinate)
Spanish
4 entries- carboncillo noun (small coal, coal dust)
- carbonilla noun (small coal, coal dust)
- cisco noun (small coal, coal dust)
- flojear verb (to procrastinate)
Sample sentences
54 total sentences available.
It is important that no one is allowed to slack off on their assigned work.
Source: tatoeba (415856)
Cut him some slack, John. It's his first day on the job.
Source: tatoeba (665576)
Let's cut Tom some slack.
Source: tatoeba (1040696)
Showing 4 of 54 available sentences.