Synonyms for idleness
idle·ness

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1. idleness

   Synonyms:
   inaction, inactivity, relaxation, rest

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Indolence

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1. idlenessnoun

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

   Associated words:
   cocagne

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1. List of paraphrases for "idleness":

   inactivity, laziness, sloth, idle

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How to use idleness in a sentence?

1. Lord Chesterfield:

   Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

2. George MacDonald:

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

3. Jerome K. Jerome:

   Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.

4. Johnson:

   One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of attention, and the world, therefore, swarms with writers whose wish is not to be studied but to be read.

5. Kierkegaard:

   Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.