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lethargic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of lethargic

slow to move or act

a big meal always makes me feel lethargic and sleepy

Synonyms of lethargic

dull, inactive, inert, quiescent, sleepy, sluggish, torpid

Words Related to lethargic

ambitionless, apathetic, indolent, languorous, lazy, lazyish, listless, shiftless, slack, slothful, sluggard, sluggardly

dormant, inanimate, motionless, resting, sedentary, static, still

dopey (also dopy), drugged

asleep, drowsy, somnambulant

catatonic, comatose

Near Antonyms of lethargic

busy, engaged, occupied, working

animated, bouncing, dynamic, energetic, kinetic, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy

assiduous, diligent, hardworking, industrious, sedulous

Antonyms of lethargic

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