lazy
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- idle, inactive, indolent, inert, slack, slothful, slow, workshy
- lethargic, drowsy, languid, languorous, sleepy, slow-moving, sluggish, somnolent, torpid

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Antonyms: industrious
Contrasted words: diligent, hardworking, brisk, chipper, energetic, vigorous, active, animated, lively, spry, vivacious, prompt, quick, ready
Related Words: idle, inactive, inert, passive, supine, trifling, comatose, lethargic, sluggish, torpid, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, listless, unenergetic, unindustrious, lax, neglectful, negligent, remiss, shiftless, slack

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English Thesaurus: lazy, idle, indolent, shiftless, work-shy, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

la‧zy /ˈleɪzi/ adjective (comparative lazier, superlative laziest)
[Word Family: noun: laziness; adverb: lazily; adjective: lazy]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from Middle Low German lasich 'weak']

1. not liking work and physical activity, or not making any effort to do anything:
the laziest boy in the class
He felt too lazy to get out of bed.

2. a lazy period of time is spent doing nothing except relaxing Antonym : busy:
We spent lazy days relaxing on the beach.
—lazily adverb
—laziness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

lazy
adj.
VERBS be, feel | become, get, grow He had grown lazy and fat. We thought we were winning, so we got lazy.
ADV. extremely, incredibly, really, very | downright | almost His smile was slow, almost lazy.
a bit, pretty, rather

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

lazy not liking work or physical activity, or not making any effort to do anything:
a lazy student
You make your own breakfast! Don't be so lazy!
idle lazy and not doing enough work. Idle sounds rather formal and is becoming old-fashioned. In everyday English, people usually use lazy:
The beggars were too idle to look for work.
Her son was bone idle (=extremely lazy).
indolent formal lazy and living a comfortable life:
He spent an indolent first year at Oxford.
the indolent son of a wealthy landowner
shiftless lazy and having no ambition to succeed or do anything useful with your life:
her shiftless husband
work-shy British English lazy and trying to avoid any work:
He was work-shy, and no one could remember when he’d last held a job.
slothful formal lazy and not liking physical activity:
Her advice to slothful Americans is: ‘Get out there and walk!’

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