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. Gabby Petito:

   I have to be out there to help her, because the one person who is supposed to be leading the charge is sitting at home in his lazy boy not talking to anybody.

2. Adam Kushner:

   This is not superfluous, nor a lazy architects idyll, i think it's as important as the automobile was in changing the design of cities or how the printing press altered communication.

3. John Legere:

   It's a bit dumbfounding to think that we've decided to go and build this network and go through this merger so that we can become the basic, lazy, fat, dumb and arrogant players that we were born to teach how to behave.

4. Draymond Green:

   There were some times Golden State felt like that, a lot of pace, a lot of movement just trying to push the tempo, with Kevin Durant, you can kind of be lazy knowing you can throw the ball to K and Kevin Durant'll get that bucket. It definitely was a little throwback for us, for sure.

5. Kara Davidson:

   People are always asking how cats don't just run away in fear when you take them camping or hiking, i think many people perceive cats as lazy or anxious creatures that would be too scared to go outside and enjoy themselves. In reality, most cats enjoy the outdoors just as much as dogs.