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. 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.

2. 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.

3. Hippocrates:

   Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil.

4. Colette:

   Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.

5. Jean Paul:

   Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.