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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without a job |
| Synonyms: | at liberty, between jobs, closed down, disengaged, down, fired, free, idle, inactive, jobless, laid off, leisured, loafing, on layoff, on the bench, on the dole, on the shelf, out of a job, out of action, out of work, resting, unapplied, underemployed, unengaged, unexercised, unoccupied, unused, without gainful employment, workless |
| Antonyms: | employed, occupied |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not busy; unoccupied |
| Synonyms: | at leisure, available, clear, empty, extra, idle, loose, not tied down, spare, unemployed, unengaged, unhampered, unimpeded, uninhabited, unobstructed, unused, vacant |
| Antonyms: | busy, occupied, scheduled, tied-up |
| Main Entry: | idle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not used; out of action |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, asleep, barren, closed down, dead, deserted, down, dusty, empty, gathering dust, inactive, inert, jobless, laid-off, leisured, mothballed, motionless, on the bench, on the shelf, out of operation, out of work, passive, quiet, redundant, resting, rusty, sleepy, stationary, still, uncultivated, unemployed, unoccupied, untouched, unused, vacant, void, waste, workless |
| Notes: | idle means not in action or at work; idyll means a simple descriptive work, either in poetry or prose, dealing with simple, rustic life - or a lighthearted carefree episode or experience; idyllic means excellent and delightful in all respects |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, employed, productive, used, working |
| Main Entry: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not engaged in action; inert, lazy |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing, dormant, down, draggy, dull, idle, immobile, in holding pattern, indolent, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, mothballed, motionless, on hold, ossified, out of action, out of commission, out of service, out of work, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, involved, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | out of work |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not employed |
| Synonyms: | between jobs, collecting unemployment, idle, jobless, laid off, on the dole, out of a job, unemployed |
| Antonyms: | employed |
| Main Entry: | vacant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty; unoccupied |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, available, bare, clear, deserted, devoid, disengaged, free, idle, not in use, stark, tenantless, to let, unemployed, unengaged, unfilled, uninhabited, unlived in, untaken, untenanted, unused, void, without contents |
| Notes: | vacant pertains mainly to things (vacant house) while vacuous pertains mainly to the absence or near absence of meaning or intelligence (vacuous expression) |
| Antonyms: | full, occupied, overflowing |
| Main Entry: | unoccupied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | idle |
| Synonyms: | disengaged, inactive, lazy, loitering, quiescent, unemployed, unengaged |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, engaged, industrious, occupied |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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