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Faineant
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy |
| Synonyms: | idle, inactive, indolent, otiose, shiftless, slothful, sluggard, sluggish |
| Main Entry: | indolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy |
| Synonyms: | drony, easygoing, fainéant, idle, inactive, inert, lackadaisical, languid, lax, lazy, lethargic, listless, resting, shiftless, slothful, slow, slow-going, sluggish, torpid |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, diligent, energetic, enthusiastic, hard-working, industrious, intent |
| Main Entry: | lackadaisical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, indifferent |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, apathetic, daydreaming, disinterested, dreamy, dull, energyless, enervated, faineant, halfhearted, idle, inattentive, incurious, indolent, inert, laid-back, languid, languishing, languorous, lazy, lethargic, limp, listless, moony, passive, romantic, sentimental, slothful, spiritless, spring fever, unconcerned |
| Antonyms: | active, careful, caring, energetic, enthusiastic, hard-working |
| Main Entry: | remiss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, thoughtless |
| Synonyms: | any old way, any which way, asleep at switch, asleep on job, behindhand, culpable, daydreaming, defaultant, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, disregardful, fainéant, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, regardless, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, tardy, uninterested, unmindful, woolgathering |
| Antonyms: | careful, mindful, scrupulous, thorough, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | slack |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, negligent |
| Synonyms: | asleep on the job, behindhand, careless, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, disregardful, dormant, dull, easy-going, faineant, idle, inactive, inattentive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lax, lethargic, neglectful, not busy, permissive, quiescent, quiet, regardless, remiss, slothful, slow, slow-moving, sluggish, stagnant, tardy |
| Antonyms: | active, alert, disciplined |
| Main Entry: | torpid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, slow |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, benumbed, comatose, dopey, dormant, drowsy, dull, faineant, heavy, hebetudinous, idle, inactive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lethargic, listless, lymphatic, motionless, numb, paralyzed, passive, slothful, slow-moving, sluggish, slumberous, sodden, somnolent, stagnant, static, stupid, stuporous |
| Antonyms: | active, energetic, lively, moving, quick |
| Main Entry: | sluggard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lazy person |
| Synonyms: | dawdler, drone, faineant, idler, laggard, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, snail |
| Notes: | a laggard is someone who falls behind others; a sluggard is an idle slothful person |
| Main Entry: | layabout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bum |
| Synonyms: | beachcomber, deadbeat, do-nothing, faineant, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, lazybones, loafer, lounger, malingerer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, shirker, slacker, slouch, slugabed, sluggard, sponger, wanderer, waster, wastrel |
| Main Entry: | lazybones |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bum |
| Synonyms: | beachcomber, deadbeat, do-nothing, faineant, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, layabout, loafer, lounger, malingerer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, shirker, slacker, slouch, slugabed, sluggard, sponger, wanderer, waster, wastrel |
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