Synonyms for lazy
ˈleɪ zilazy

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1. lazyadjective

   Synonyms:
   idle, indolent, bone-idle, work-shy, slothful

2. lazyadjective

   Unwilling to do work or make an effort.

   Get out of bed, you lazy lout!

   Synonyms:
   indolent, work-shy, bone-idle, slothful, idle

3. lazyadjective

   Requiring little or no effort.

   Synonyms:
   indolent, bone-idle, idle, work-shy, slothful

4. lazyadjective

   Relaxed or leisurely.

   I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.

   Synonyms:
   indolent, idle, bone-idle, slothful, work-shy

5. lazyadjective

   Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.

   Synonyms:
   work-shy, indolent, slothful, idle, bone-idle

6. lazyadjective

   Turned so that the letter is horizontal instead of vertical.

   Synonyms:
   indolent, idle, slothful, bone-idle, work-shy

7. lazyadjective

   Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.

   a lazy algorithm

   Synonyms:
   idle, indolent, slothful, bone-idle, work-shy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. lazy

   Idle in all uses rests upon its root meaning, as derived from the Anglo-Saxon idel, which signifies vain, empty, useless. Idle thus denotes not primarily the absence of action, but vain action — the absence of useful, effective action; the idle schoolboy may be very actively whittling his desk or tormenting his neighbors. Doing nothing whatever is the secondary meaning of idle. One may be temporarily idle of necessity; if he is habitually idle, it is his own fault. Lazy signifies indisposed to exertion, averse to labor; idleness is in fact; laziness is in disposition or inclination. A lazy person may chance to be employed in useful work, but he acts without energy or impetus. We speak figuratively of a lazy stream. The inert person seems like dead matter (characterized by inertia), powerless to move; the sluggish moves heavily and toilsomely; the most active person may sometimes find the bodily or mental powers sluggish. Slothful belongs in the moral realm, denoting a self-indulgent aversion to exertion. "The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth," Prov. xxvi, 15. Indolent is a milder term for the same quality; the slothful man hates action; the indolent man loves inaction. Compare VAIN.

   Synonyms:
   idle, inactive, indolent, inert, slothful, sluggish, trifling, unemployed, unoccupied, vacant

   Antonyms:
   active, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, working

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lazyadjective

   moving slowly and gently

   "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace"

   Synonyms:
   slothful, otiose, work-shy, indolent, faineant

   Antonyms:
   busy, fast

2. faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shyadjective

   disinclined to work or exertion

   "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

   Synonyms:
   indolent, otiose, superfluous, faineant, work-shy, wasted, purposeless, pointless, senseless, futile, unavailing, ineffectual, slothful

   Antonyms:
   busy, fast

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. active

   when your lazy, you're like a couch potato, when you're active, you can be all tired of exercise, work and more!

   she's very active, but her little brother is very lazy.

   Submitted by xnrtd on January 16, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. lazyadjective

   Synonyms:
   slothful, sluggish, indolent, idle, inert, inactive, supine, torpid, slack, dronish, lumpish

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lazyadjective

   Synonyms:
   indolent, slothful, sluggard, dronish

   Antonyms:
   diligent, industrious, sedulous, hardworking

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1. Justin Paperny:

   Don't pay for services, like paying someone to do your job. Are you so lazy you can not do your prison job ? That is incredibly off-putting to those who will do it, i got a call six months ago from a woman whose husband is serving time in a medium security prison who cut in line.

2. Anne Frank:

   They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.

3. Linwood Allison:

   I really don't want to be virtual, when you're at home, you're not going to have that same ambition. At home, you want to be lazy.

4. Jesse Watters:

   I've never seen people just like in a lazy river in broad daylight, just turning themselves into a border patrol. That's never happened before. Usually, you see footage of border patrol pulling people out of cacti in the dark of night and coming you know, I feel bad for the people coming across but this is a distraction.

5. Baby Lou:

   Lazy But Talented