inertia

inertia

noun

Definition of INERTIA

an inclination not to do work or engage in activities <the inertia that grips so many of the club's members is the reason why nothing ever gets done>

Synonyms idleness, indolence, inertia, shiftlessness, sloth

Related Words apathy, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, supineness; dallying, goldbricking, loafing, lolling, lounging

Near Antonyms ambition, enterprise, go, hustle, initiative; assiduity, assiduousness, diligence, perseverance; animation, briskness, energy, exuberance, jazziness, liveliness, lustiness, pep, peppiness, robustness, sprightliness, vibrancy, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity

Antonyms drive, industriousness, industry