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indolence

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of indolence

an inclination not to do work or engage in activities

a general feeling of indolence usually overtakes them during summer vacation

Synonyms of indolence

idleness, inertia, laziness, shiftlessness, sloth

Words Related to indolence

apathy, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, supineness

dallying, goldbricking, loafing, lolling, lounging

Near Antonyms of indolence

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 of indolence

drive, industriousness, industry

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