Antonyms for listless
ˈlɪst lɪslist·less

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1. listless

   As regards mental action, absorbed, abstracted, and preoccupied refer to the cause, absent or absent-minded to the effect. The man absorbed in one thing will appear absent in others. A preoccupied person may seem listless and thoughtless, but the really listless and thoughtless have not mental energy to be preoccupied. The absent-minded man is oblivious of ordinary matters, because his thoughts are elsewhere. One who is preoccupied is intensely busy in thought; one may be absent-minded either through intense concentration or simply through inattention, with fitful and aimless wandering of thought. Compare ABSTRACT.

   Antonyms:
   alert, attentive, on hand, prompt, ready, thoughtful, wide-awake

   Synonyms:
   absent, absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, negligent, oblivious, preoccupied, thoughtless

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1. listless

   Antonyms:
   eager, interested, curious, ardent, attentive, absorbed, active, engaged, earnest

   Synonyms:
   indifferent, careless, uninterested, vacant, languid, indolent, supine, lackadaisical, torpid, heedless

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1. listlessadjective

   lacking zest or vivacity

   "he was listless and bored"

   Antonyms:
   energetic, spirited

   Synonyms:
   dispirited

2. dispirited, listlessadjective

   marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm

   "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation"

   Antonyms:
   spirited, energetic

   Synonyms:
   low, dispirited, low-spirited, downhearted, gloomy, down in the mouth, downcast, depressed, grim, down(p), blue

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1. listlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   inattentive, indifferent, supine, heedless, unconcerned

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