Synonyms for lazy
ˈleɪ zilazy

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1. lazyadjective

   Synonyms:
   idle, indolent, bone-idle, work-shy, slothful

2. lazyadjective

   Unwilling to do work or make an effort.

   Get out of bed, you lazy lout!

   Synonyms:
   indolent, work-shy, bone-idle, slothful, idle

3. lazyadjective

   Requiring little or no effort.

   Synonyms:
   indolent, bone-idle, idle, work-shy, slothful

4. lazyadjective

   Relaxed or leisurely.

   I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.

   Synonyms:
   indolent, idle, bone-idle, slothful, work-shy

5. lazyadjective

   Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.

   Synonyms:
   work-shy, indolent, slothful, idle, bone-idle

6. lazyadjective

   Turned so that the letter is horizontal instead of vertical.

   Synonyms:
   indolent, idle, slothful, bone-idle, work-shy

7. lazyadjective

   Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.

   a lazy algorithm

   Synonyms:
   idle, indolent, slothful, bone-idle, work-shy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. lazy

   Idle in all uses rests upon its root meaning, as derived from the Anglo-Saxon idel, which signifies vain, empty, useless. Idle thus denotes not primarily the absence of action, but vain action — the absence of useful, effective action; the idle schoolboy may be very actively whittling his desk or tormenting his neighbors. Doing nothing whatever is the secondary meaning of idle. One may be temporarily idle of necessity; if he is habitually idle, it is his own fault. Lazy signifies indisposed to exertion, averse to labor; idleness is in fact; laziness is in disposition or inclination. A lazy person may chance to be employed in useful work, but he acts without energy or impetus. We speak figuratively of a lazy stream. The inert person seems like dead matter (characterized by inertia), powerless to move; the sluggish moves heavily and toilsomely; the most active person may sometimes find the bodily or mental powers sluggish. Slothful belongs in the moral realm, denoting a self-indulgent aversion to exertion. "The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth," Prov. xxvi, 15. Indolent is a milder term for the same quality; the slothful man hates action; the indolent man loves inaction. Compare VAIN.

   Synonyms:
   idle, inactive, indolent, inert, slothful, sluggish, trifling, unemployed, unoccupied, vacant

   Antonyms:
   active, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, working

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lazyadjective

   moving slowly and gently

   "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace"

   Synonyms:
   slothful, otiose, work-shy, indolent, faineant

   Antonyms:
   busy, fast

2. faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shyadjective

   disinclined to work or exertion

   "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

   Synonyms:
   indolent, otiose, superfluous, faineant, work-shy, wasted, purposeless, pointless, senseless, futile, unavailing, ineffectual, slothful

   Antonyms:
   busy, fast

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. active

   when your lazy, you're like a couch potato, when you're active, you can be all tired of exercise, work and more!

   she's very active, but her little brother is very lazy.

   Submitted by xnrtd on January 16, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. lazyadjective

   Synonyms:
   slothful, sluggish, indolent, idle, inert, inactive, supine, torpid, slack, dronish, lumpish

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lazyadjective

   Synonyms:
   indolent, slothful, sluggard, dronish

   Antonyms:
   diligent, industrious, sedulous, hardworking

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1. Dean Lomax:

   The most intriguing feature of our footprint is a long portion preserved at the back of the foot, which is an impression of what we call the metapodium, the presence of this might suggest our large meat-eater was squatting down in the mud, before standing up and walking away. It’s fun to think this dinosaur might well have been strolling along a muddy coastal plain one lazy Sunday afternoon in the Jurassic.

2. Ryan Pack:

   Why do people keep things? Because they need them, because they want them, because they're too afraid to get rid of them, because they're too lazy to discard them, because they don't have the time to dispose of them, because they just don't care enough to remove them, because they are unable to shed them for some reason.

3. Mick Dwyer:

   We actually didn't mean to turn the Mermaid into a secret bar, we were just lazy and didn't publicize it.

4. Larry Sabato:

   Hollywood celebrities can not change votes, at best they can motivate lazy partisans, such as some millennials, who find lots of reasons why they don't have time to vote. And they raise money and attract the TV cameras.

5. Charlie McCarthy:

   Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.