Synonyms for laziness
lazi·ness

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1. indolence, lazinessnoun

   inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

   Synonyms:
   acedia, sloth, indolence

2. lazinessnoun

   relaxed and easy activity

   "the laziness of the day helped her to relax"

   Synonyms:
   acedia, sloth, indolence

3. sloth, laziness, acedianoun

   apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   Synonyms:
   tree sloth, slothfulness, sloth, acedia, indolence

Matched Categories

1. • Inactiveness
   • Rest

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1. lazinessnoun

   Synonyms:
   indolence, sloth

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1. List of paraphrases for "laziness":

   sloth, idleness

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1. Samuel Johnson:

   Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.

2. 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.

3. Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky:

   Oh, if only I did nothing simply as a result of laziness.

4. Jesse Eisenberg:

   What the play does discuss is kind of generational strife. My character is third generation American and I think he feels the kind of laziness of assimilation, kunal's character is a new immigrant from Nepal and struggling to make it in an exclusive world of ... privilege that he is not a part of. The play discusses those themes and how my character, in a way, has lost his meaning because he doesn't have to struggle.

5. Agatha Christie:

   I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.