Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | casual, unhurried |
| Synonyms: | comfortable, delayed, deliberate, dilatory, easy, free, gentle, laggard, laid-back*, languid, lax, lazy, relaxed, restful, slack, slackened, slow, slow-moving, unhasty |
| Notes: | leisured means free from duties or responsibilities, while leisurely means in an unhurried or relaxed manner |
| Antonyms: | hectic, hurried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dilatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | procrastinating |
| Synonyms: | backward, behindhand, dallying, delaying, deliberate, laggard, late, lax, lazy, leisurely, lingering, loitering, moratory, neglectful, negligent, putting off, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, snail-like, tardy, tarrying, time-wasting, unhasty, unhurried |
| Antonyms: | diligent, eager, enthusiastic, hard-working, ready, zealous |
| Main Entry: | languid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | drooping, dull, listless |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blah*, blahs, comatose, dopey, easy, energyless, enervated, faint, feeble, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, infirm, lackadaisical, laid-back, languishing, languorous, lazy, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, limp, moony, nebbish, phlegmatic, pining, sickly, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, snoozy, spiritless, supine, torpid, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unhurried, uninterested, weak, weary, wimpy |
| Notes: | languid is limp or listless; limpid means clear or calm |
| Antonyms: | alert, animated, energetic, lively, spirited, vivacious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slack |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loose, baggy; inactive |
| Synonyms: | dull, easy, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flexible, flimsy, inert, infirm, laggard, lax, leisurely, limp, not taut, passive, quaggy, quiet, relaxed, sloppy, slow, slow-moving, sluggish, soft, supine, unsteady, weak |
| Antonyms: | rigid, stiff, taut, tight |
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhurried, lazy |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, crawling, creeping, dawdling, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, disinclined, dreamy, drowsy, easy, gradual, heavy, idle, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, listless, loitering, measured, moderate, negligent, passive, phlegmatic, plodding, ponderous, postponing, procrastinating, quiet, reluctant, remiss, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow-moving, sluggish, snaillike, stagnant, supine, tardy, torpid, tortoiselike |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, fast, hurried, quick, rapid |
| Main Entry: | lazily |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | indolently |
| Synonyms: | idly, leisurely, nonchalantly, slackly, slowly |
| Main Entry: | slowly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | moderately |
| Synonyms: | calmly, casually, deliberately, gently, gradually, haltingly, languidly, lazily, leisurely, nonchalantly, unhurriedly |
| Main Entry: | slowly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | at a slow pace |
| Synonyms: | bit by bit, costive, leisurely, sluggish, tardy, unhurried |
| Antonyms: | fast, quickly, rapidly |
| Main Entry: | languorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | languid |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blah*, blahs, comatose, dopey, easy, energyless, enervated, faint, feeble, flagging, heavy*, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, infirm, lackadaisical, laid-back*, languishing, lazy, leaden, leisurely, lethargic, limp, listless, lymphatic, moony, nebbish, phlegmatic, pining, sickly, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, snoozy, spiritless, supine, torpid, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unhurried, uninterested, weak, weary, wimpy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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