Thesaurus:lazy

Thesaurus

lazy

English

Adjective

Sense: unwilling to do work or make an effort

Synonyms

• lazy
• bone-idle
• idle
• indolent
• lackadaisical
• lither (archaic or Britain, dialectal)
• slothful
• work-shy
• sluggish
• swear    [⇒ thesaurus] (Britain, dialectal)
• torpid

Antonyms

• active    [⇒ thesaurus]
• diligent
• industrious    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• inactive    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• laziness
• idler    [⇒ thesaurus]
• doer    [⇒ thesaurus]
• slow    [⇒ thesaurus]
• shirk    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “683. inactivity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “lazy” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.