Synonyms of loafing

loafing 1 of 3

adjective

as in lounging

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lounging
• lethargic
• loitering
• inactive
• inert
• deliberate
• leisurely
• crawling
• creeping
• lingering
• dragging
• dilatory
• pokey
• lagging
• dallying
• ambling
• unhurried
• poking
• dillydallying
• measured
• laggard
• tarrying
• sluggish
• tardy
• dawdling
• poky
• plodding
• languid
• shuffling
• strolling
• slow
• procrastinating
• heavy-footed
• snaillike
• snail-paced
• slowing
• slow-footed
• decelerating
• stalling
• inching
• filibustering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rushing
• running
• rapid
• racing
• flying
• speeding
• speedy
• hasty
• lightning
• brisk
• swift
• breathless
• quick
• fleet
• ready
• bolting
• dizzy
• fast
• whirlwind
• meteoric
• snappy
• hurrying
• rocketing
• expeditious
• scudding
• prompt
• scooting
• scurrying
• whirling
• zipping
• barreling
• careering
• breakneck
• warp-speed
• accelerated
• whisking
• hurried
• rushed
• hastened
• quickened

loafing

2 of 3

noun

as in lolling

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lounging
• lolling
• dallying
• goldbricking
• lethargy
• indolence
• apathy
• languor
• laziness
• sloth
• inertia
• shiftlessness
• lassitude
• sluggishness
• supineness
• listlessness
• idleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• industry
• drive
• industriousness
• enterprise
• initiative
• ambition
• hustle
• go
• diligence
• perseverance
• energy
• assiduity
• vigor
• animation
• exuberance
• vitality
• pep
• vivacity
• liveliness
• briskness
• sprightliness
• robustness
• assiduousness
• vim
• vibrancy
• lustiness
• peppiness
• jazziness

loafing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of loaf

as in idling

to spend time doing nothing

the kind of sultry August afternoon that makes you just want to loaf

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lounging
• idling
• lazing
• resting
• strolling
• lazying
• bumming
• dawdling
• chilling
• playing
• lolling
• relaxing
• poking
• footling
• droning
• dillydallying
• mucking
• hanging (around or out)
• hacking (around)
• killing time
• dallying
• goofing (off)
• vegging out
• kicking back
• messing
• lingering
• hanging about
• dozing
• loitering
• fooling
• monkeying
• hibernating
• twiddling one's thumbs
• sauntering
• piddling
• kicking around
• aestivating
• trifling
• ambling
• moseying
• fiddling (around)
• estivating
• puttering (around)
• pottering (around)
• lagging
• malingering
• swanning
• tarrying
• goldbricking
• truanting
• furloughing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• laboring
• plowing
• toiling
• hustling
• sweating
• grubbing
• grinding
• slaving
• plugging
• plodding
• humping
• pegging
• drudging
• applying
• buckling (down)
• moiling
• travailing
• exerting
• putting out