time hand

Main Entry:
downtime [doun-tahym]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: time during which an activity is stopped
Synonyms: break, breathing spell, free time, freedom, halt, interim, interlude, intermission, letup, lull, pause, recess, repose, respite, rest, spare time, spell, stay, suspension, time on one's hands, time out, time to burn, time to kill
Main Entry: all the time in the world
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ample time
Synonyms: no hurry, time on one's hands, time to spare
Main Entry: inactivity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: inaction
Synonyms: dawdling, dilly-dallying, dormancy, droning, goof-off time, hibernation, idleness, indolence, inertia, inertness, inoperativeness, joblessness, laze, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loafing, loitering, otiosity, own sweet time, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stagnation, stupor, time on one's hands, time to burn, time to kill, time-wasting, torpidity, torpor, trifling, truancy, unemployment, vegetating
Main Entry: inertness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: inaction
Synonyms: dawdling, dilly-dallying, dormancy, droning, goof-off time, hibernation, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inoperativeness, joblessness, laze, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loafing, loitering, otiosity, own sweet time, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stagnation, stupor, time on one's hands, time to burn, time to kill, time-wasting, torpidity, torpor, trifling, truancy, unemployment, vegetating
Main Entry: inoperativeness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: inaction
Synonyms: dawdling, dilly-dallying, dormancy, droning, goof-off time, hibernation, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, joblessness, laze, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loafing, loitering, otiosity, own sweet time, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stagnation, stupor, time on one's hands, time to burn, time to kill, time-wasting, torpidity, torpor, trifling, truancy, unemployment, vegetating
Concept Thesaurus
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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