Synonyms of loafing

loafing 1 of 3

adjective

as in lounging

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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loafing

2 of 3

noun

as in lolling

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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loafing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of loaf

as in lazing

to spend time doing nothing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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