inertia

Main Entry:
unrestraint [uhn-ri-streynt]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ease
Synonyms: affluence, ataraxia, bed of roses, calm, calmness, casualness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, informality, leisure, luxury, naturalness, passivity, peace of mind*, poise, prosperity, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, requiescence, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, security, serenity, spontaneity, supinity, tranquility, unceremoniousness
Related Words
Main Entry: laziness
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
balmy, desidious, dilatory, dreamy, dronish, drony, drowsy, dull, exanimate, faineant, heavy, idle, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, lazy, lazy as Ludlam's dog, leaden, lethargic, lethargical, listless, logily, lumpish, lusk, maudlin, motionless, pottering, remiss, rusty, sedative, sedentary, shilly shally, slack, slothful, slow, sluggish, soulless, stay, supine, torpescent, unbusied, unoccupied
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Indifference.
Category: 3. Prospective Affections
Synonyms:
-nouns
indifference, neutrality; coldness; anaphrodisia; unconcern, insouciance, nonchalance; want of interest, want of earnestness; anorexy, anorexia, inappetency; apathy (insensibility); supineness (inactivity); disdain; recklessness; inattention., anaphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac; lust-quencher, passion-queller.
-verbs
be indifferent; stand neuter; take no interest in (insensibility); have no desire for,have no taste for, have no relish for; not care for; care nothing for, care nothing about; not care a straw about, not care a fig for, not care a whit about (unimportance) [more]; not mind., set at naught (make light of); spurn (disdain).
-adjectives
indifferent, cold, frigid, lukewarm; cool, cool as a cucumber; unconcerned, insouciant, phlegmatic, pococurante, easygoing, devil-may-care, careless, listless, lackadaisical; half-hearted; unambitious, unaspiring, undesirous, unsolicitous, unattracted., unattractive, unalluring, undesired, undesirable, uncared for, unwished, unvalued, all one to., insipid; vain.
-adverbs
for aught one cares.
Antonyms: desire
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Concept: Inaction.
Category: 1. Simple voluntary action
Synonyms:
-nouns
inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action; noninterference; Fabian policy, conservative policy; neglect., inactivity; rest (repose); quiescence; want of occupation, inoccupation; idle hours, time hanging on one's hands, dolce far niente; sinecure; soft snap, soft thing.
-verbs
not do, not act, not attempt; be inactive; abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare; not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands; leave alone, let alone; let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone; quieta non movere; stare super antiquas vias; rest and be thankful, live and let live; lie rest upon one's oars; laisser aller, faire; stand aloof; refrain (avoid) keep oneself from doing; remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts; desist (relinquish); stop (cease); pause (be quiet)., wait, lie in wait, bide one's time, take time, tide it over., cool one's heels, kick one's heels; while away the time, while away tedious hours; pass the time, fill up the time, beguile the time; talk against time; waste time (inactive)., lie by, lie on the shelf, lie in ordinary, lie idle, lie to, lie fallow; keep quiet, slug; have nothing to do, whistle for want of thought., undo, do away with; take down, take to pieces; destroy.
-adjectives
not doing; not done; undone; passive; unoccupied, unemployed; out of employ, out of work; fallow; desaeuvre.
-adverbs
re infecta, at a stand, les bras croisis, with folded arms; with the hands in the pockets, with the hands behind one's back; pour passer le temps.
-phrases
cunctando restituit rem.
Antonyms: action
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Concept: Inactivity.
Category: 1. Simple voluntary action
Synonyms:
-nouns
inactivity; inaction; inertness; obstinacy. lull (cessation) [more]; quiescence; rust, rustiness., idleness, remissness; sloth, indolence, indiligence; dawdling; ergophobia, otiosity., dullness; languor; segnity, segnitude; lentor; sluggishness (slowness); procrastination (delay); torpor, torpidity, torpescence; stupor (insensibility); somnolence; drowsiness; nodding; oscitation, oscitancy; pandiculation, bypnotism, lethargy; statuvolence, heaviness, heavy eyelids., sleep, slumber; sound sleep, heavy sleep, balmy sleep; Morpheus; Somnus; coma, trance, ecstasis, dream, hibernation, nap, doze, snooze, siesta, wink of sleep, forty winks, snore; hypnology., dull work; pottering; relaxation (loosening); Castle of Indolence., [Cause of inactivity] lullaby, sedative [more]; torpedo., idler, drone, droil, dawdle, mopus; do-little faineant, dummy, sleeping partner; afternoon farmer; truant (runaway): bummer [U.S], lounger, lazzarone, loafer; lubber, lubbard; slow coach (slow.) [more]; opium eater, lotus eater; slug; lag, sluggard; slumberer, dormouse, marmot; waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus.
-verbs
be inactive; do nothing; move slowly; let the grass grow under one's feet; take one's time, dawdle, drawl, droil, lag, hang back, slouch; loll, lollop; lounge, poke, loaf, loiter; go to sleep over; sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile., take it easy, take things as they come; lead an easy life, vegetate, swim with the stream, eat the bread of idleness; loll in the lap of luxury, loll in the lap of indolence; waste time, consume time, kill time, lose time; burn daylight, waste the precious hours., idle away time, trifle away time, fritter away time, fool away time; spend time in, take time in; peddle, piddle; potter, pudder, dabble, faddle fribble, fiddle-faddle; dally, dilly-dally., sleep, slumber, be asleep; hibernate; oversleep; sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse; sleep soundly, heavily; doze, drowze, snooze, nap; take a nap; dream; snore one's best, settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep; drop off; fall asleep; drop asleep; close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids; weigh down the eyelids; get sleep, nod, yawn; go to bed, turn., languish, expend itself, flag, hang fire; relax., render idle; sluggardize; mitigate.
-adjectives
inactive; motionless; unoccupied (doing nothing) unbusied., indolent, lazy, slothful, idle, lusk, remiss, slack, inert, torpid, sluggish, otiose, languid, supine, heavy, dull, leaden, lumpisb; exanimate, soulless; listless; drony, dronish; lazy as Ludlam's dog., dilatory, laggard; lagging; slow; rusty, flagging; lackadaisical, maudlin, fiddle-faddle; pottering; shilly-shally (irresolute) [more].
-adverbs
inactively; at leisure.
-phrases
the eyes begin to draw straws; "bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease" [Dryden]; "better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay" [Tennyson]; "idly busy rolls their world away" [Goldsmith]; "the mystery of folded sleep" [Tennyson]; "the timely dew of sleep" [Milton]; "thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep" [Longfellow]; "tired Nature's sweet
Antonyms: activity
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