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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lying down |
| Synonyms: | decumbent, flat, flat on one's back, horizontal, level, procumbent, prone, prostrate, reclining, recumbent, stretched out |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Main Entry: | flat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | level, smooth |
| Synonyms: | collapsed, complanate, decumbent, deflated, depressed, empty, even, extended, fallen, flush, horizontal, laid low, low, oblate, outstretched, pancake, planar, planate, plane, procumbent, prone, prostrate, punctured, reclining, recumbent, splay, spread out, supine, tabular, unbroken |
| Antonyms: | broken, elevated, raised, rough, rounded, rugged, uneven |
| 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: | lazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive, sluggish |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, asleep on the job, careless, comatose, dallying, dilatory, drowsy, dull, flagging, idle, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, languorous, lethargic, lifeless, loafing, neglectful, out of it, passive, procrastinating, remiss, shiftless, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, slow-moving, snoozy, somnolent, supine, tardy, tired, torpid, trifling, unconcerned, unenergetic, unindustrious, unpersevering, unready, weary |
| Antonyms: | active, diligent, energetic, hard-working, industrious, lively |
| Main Entry: | lethargic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, sluggish |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blah*, comatose, debilitated, dilatory, dopey, dormant, draggy, drowsy, dull, enervated, having spring fever, heavy, idle, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, laid-back*, languid, languorous, listless, moony, nebbish, out of it, passive, phlegmatic, sleepy, sleepyhead, slothful, slow, slumberous, snoozy, somnolent, spiritless, stolid, stretchy, stupefied, supine, torpid, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, energetic, lively, vital, vivacious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | listless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spiritless, without energy |
| Synonyms: | absent, abstracted, apathetic, blah*, bored, careless, dormant, dreamy, drowsy, dull, easygoing, energyless, enervated, faint, heavy, heedless, impassive, inanimate, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, insouciant, lackadaisical, lagging, laid-back*, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, limp, lukewarm, lymphatic, mopish, neutral, out of it, passive, phlegmatic, slack, sleepy, slow, sluggish, stupid, supine, thoughtless, torpid, uninterested, vacant |
| Antonyms: | active, alert, attentive, energetic, lively, untired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | powerless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak; unable |
| Synonyms: | blank, chicken*, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, disabled, disenfranchised, etiolated, feeble, frail, gutless, helpless, impotent, incapable, incapacitated, ineffective, ineffectual, inert, infirm, out of gas, paralyzed, passive, prostrate, subject, supine, tied, unarmed, unfit, vulnerable, wimp*, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | able, dominant, potent, powerful, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lying down |
| Synonyms: | decumbent, face down, flat, horizontal, level, procumbent, prostrate, reclining, recumbent, resupine, supine |
| Notes: | apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Antonyms: | sitting, straight, upright |
| Main Entry: | prostrate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flat, horizontal |
| Synonyms: | abject, bowed low, procumbent, prone, reclining, recumbent, supine |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back prostate is the gland; prostrate means 'lying face down' supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Antonyms: | erect, straight, upright, vertical |
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