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laziness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of laziness

an inclination not to do work or engage in activities

although she often talks about ambitious household projects, nothing even gets started because of her chronic laziness

Synonyms of laziness

idleness, indolence, inertia, shiftlessness, sloth

Words Related to laziness

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

dallying, goldbricking, loafing, lolling, lounging

Near Antonyms of laziness

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 laziness

drive, industriousness, industry

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