laze

laze

verb \ˈlāz\

lazedlaz·ing

Definition of LAZE

intransitive verb

: to act or lie lazily : idle

transitive verb

: to pass (time) in idleness or relaxation

— laze noun

Examples of LAZE

1. She's been lazing in the sun all afternoon.
2. While he was sick, he just lazed around the house.

Origin of LAZE

back-formation from lazy

First Known Use: circa 1592

Related to LAZE

Synonyms

bum, chill, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drone, footle, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), hang about [British], kick around, kick back, idle, lazy, loaf, loll, lounge, veg out

Related Words

fiddle (around), fool, mess, monkey, muck, piddle, play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle; doze, estivate (also aestivate), hibernate; lag, linger, loiter, poke, relax, rest, tarry; amble, mosey, saunter, stroll, swan; furlough, goldbrick, malinger, truant

Near Antonyms

drudge, grind, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg, plod, plow, plug, slave, sweat, toil, travail, work; apply, buckle (down); exert, put out

See Synonym Discussion at idle

Rhymes with LAZE

baize, blaze, braise, braze, chaise, craze, days, daze, faze, fraise, gaze, glaze, graze, Hays, haze, lase, maize, Mays, maze, phase, phrase, praise, raise, raze, vase, ways