SLACKING (OFF) Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

slacking (off)

verb

present participle of slack (off)

as in hanging around

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as in forgetting

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Joe cut his teeth by working his way up the ranks; also maybe by hanging around a lot when dad Jack Buck broadcast for years from most of the sacred citadels of sports.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
When it was finally heard, Jennifer Leeper introduced it and most of the Democratic caucus was either not in the room or hanging around chatting.

— Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of hanging around

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There’s little more satisfying than playing and layering with my jewelry in the morning, sometimes forgetting pieces, other times overstacking them.

— Libby Page, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2026
There are also concerns about harried parents of a newborn forgetting a dose and the fact that cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding have been reported even when drops are used.

— Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of forgetting

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President James Garfield’s assassin, Charles Guiteau, died by hanging about five months after he was convicted of murder.

— USA Today, USA Today, 17 June 2026
In 2019, city employees began hanging about 500 trick-or-treat pumpkin buckets in the trees on Main Street every October.

— Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025

Definition of hanging about

Verb

The end of the Cybertruck’s production run also triggered criticism from Tesla fans who accused the company of neglecting existing customers as Musk chases a future where consumers don’t own their own vehicles.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2026
Working out became gymmaxxing; eating too many beans became fibermaxxing; neglecting to look at your phone for eight whole hours became sleepmaxxing.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of neglecting

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