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tardiness

Main Entry:
tardiness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lateness
Synonyms: delay, detention, slowness
Antonyms: promptness, punctuality
Main Entry: lateness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belatedness
Synonyms: backwardness, delay, prolongation, protraction, retardation, slowness, tardiness
Antonyms: anticipation, earliness, promptness
Main Entry: belatedness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lateness
Synonyms: delay, dilatoriness, slowness, tardiness
Main Entry: shiftlessness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: laziness
Synonyms: apathy, dilatoriness, do-nothingness, dormancy, dreaminess, drowsiness, dullness, faineance, faineancy, heaviness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languorousness, laxness, leadenness, leisureliness, lethargy, listlessness, neglectfulness, negligence, otioseness, otiosity, passivity, remissness, slackness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggardness, sluggishness, stolidity, supineness, tardiness, torpescence, torpidness, weariness
Main Entry: slothfulness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: laziness
Synonyms: apathy, dilatoriness, do-nothingness, dormancy, dreaminess, drowsiness, dullness, faineance, faineancy, heaviness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languorousness, laxness, leadenness, leisureliness, lethargy, listlessness, neglectfulness, negligence, otioseness, otiosity, passivity, remissness, shiftlessness, slackness, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, sluggardness, sluggishness, stolidity, supineness, tardiness, torpescence, torpidness, weariness
Main Entry: sluggardness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: laziness
Synonyms: apathy, dilatoriness, do-nothingness, dormancy, dreaminess, drowsiness, dullness, faineance, faineancy, heaviness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languorousness, laxness, leadenness, leisureliness, lethargy, listlessness, neglectfulness, negligence, otioseness, otiosity, passivity, remissness, shiftlessness, slackness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, stolidity, supineness, tardiness, torpescence, torpidness, weariness
Related Words
Main Entry: laziness
Part of Speech: noun
Related
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
Main Entry: lateness
Part of Speech: noun
Related
Adjectives:
backward, behindhand, belated, cunctative, delayed, dilatory, in abeyance, late, posthumous, slow, tardive, tardy, unpunctual
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Lateness.
Category: 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to an effect or purpose
Synonyms:
-nouns
lateness; tardiness (slowness)., delay, delation; cunctation, procrastination; deferring, deferral; postponement, adjournment, prorogation, retardation, respite, pause, reprieve, stay of execution; protraction, prolongation; Fabian policy, medecine expectante, chancery suit, federal case; leeway; high time; moratorium, holdover.
-verbs
be late; tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time; dawdle (be inactive); linger, loiter; bide one's time, take one's time; gain time; hang fire; stand over, lie over., put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend; table [parliamentary]; shift off, stave off; waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn; procrastinate; dally; prolong, protract; spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out; prorogue; keep back; tide over; push to the last, drive to the last; let the matter stand over; reserve (store); temperize; consult one's pillow, sleep on it., lose an opportunity; be kept waiting, dance attendance; kick one's heels, cool one's heels; faire antichambre; wait impatiently; await (expect); sit up, sit up at night.
-adjectives
late, tardy, slow, behindhand, serotine, belated, postliminious, posthumous, backward, unpunctual, untimely; delayed, postponed; dilatory (slow); delayed; in abeyance.
-adverbs
late; lateward, backward; late in the day; at sunset, at the eleventh hour, at length, at last; ultimately; after time, behind time, after the deadline; too late; too late for., slowly, leisurely, deliberately, at one's leisure; ex post facto; sine die [parl.].
-phrases
nonum prematur in annum [Horace]; "against the sunbeams serotine and lucent" [Longfellow]; ie meglio tardi che mai ["Better late than never" (Italian)]; deliberando saepe perit occasio [Syrus. "The opportunity often slips away
Antonyms: earliness
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