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plural of furlough
Synonyms & Antonyms of furloughs
(Entry 1 of 2)
the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily
- the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months
Synonyms for furloughs
- axes,
- discharges,
- dismissals,
- layoffs,
- redundancies
- [chiefly British]
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furloughs
verb
present tense third-person singular of furlough
Synonyms & Antonyms of furloughs (Entry 2 of 2)
1
as in downsizes, trims
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2
as in truants, goldbricks
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for furloughs
- bums,
- chills,
- dallies,
- dawdles,
- dillydallies,
- drones,
- footles,
- goofs (off),
- hacks (around),
- hangs (around or out),
- hangs about
- [British],
- idles,
- kicks around,
- kicks back,
- lazes,
- lazies,
- loafs,
- lolls,
- lounges,
- vegges out
- (or veges out)
- fiddles (around),
- fools,
- messes,
- monkeys,
- mucks,
- piddles,
- plays,
- potters (around),
- putters (around),
- trifles
- dozes,
- estivates
- (or aestivates),
- hibernates
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“Furloughs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furloughs. Accessed 17 Sep. 2021.
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