Antonyms for idlenessidle·ness

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1. idleness

   Antonyms:
   act, action, activity, application, drill, employment, exercise, exertion, occupation, operation, performance, practise, use

   Synonyms:
   inaction, inactivity, relaxation, rest

Matched Categories

1. • Indolence

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1. idleness, idling, loafingnoun

   having no employment

   Synonyms:
   faineance, groundlessness, idling, loafing

2. groundlessness, idlenessnoun

   the quality of lacking substance or value

   "the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized"

   Synonyms:
   faineance, groundlessness, idling, loafing

3. faineance, idlenessnoun

   the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work

   Synonyms:
   faineance, groundlessness, idling, loafing

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1. idlenessnoun

   Synonyms:
   indolence, sloth, inaction, laziness, futility, vanity

   Associated words:
   cocagne

How to use idleness in a sentence?

1. G. Macdonald:

   Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness - the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.

2. Floyd Dell:

   Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.

3. George MacDonald:

   Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.

4. J. W. Alexander:

   There are pauses amidst study, and even pauses of seeming idleness, in which a process goes on which may be likened to the digestion of food. In those seasons of repose, the powers are gathering their strength for new efforts; as land which lies fallow recovers itself for tillage.

5. Hannah More:

   Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.

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