Synonyms for indolence
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Noun
1. Idleness — habitual laziness or sloth
idleness, sluggishness, sloth, inactivity, inertness, slothfulness, inexertion, accidie formal, inapplication, inertia, noynoying slang, unservice dated, oisivity dated rare, indolency dated
Other
laziness, unsensibleness dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Habitual laziness or sloth.
Forms
- Plural
- indolences → idlenesses, sluggishnesses, sloths, inactivities…
Example sentences
- sloth Sloth or laziness is one of the seven deadly sins.
- inactivity I rarely have moments of inactivity.
- idleness Sooner or later, you will regret your idleness.
- laziness Were it not for laziness, he might have been rich.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| indolence | steady | |
| sloth | rising | |
| inactivity | steady | |
| idleness | steady | |
| sluggishness | falling | |
| laziness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sloth1
- 7 letters
- inertia3, accidie
- 8 letters
- laziness3, idleness3, oisivity
- 9 letters
- inertness3, noynoying, unservice, indolency
- 10 letters
- inactivity5, inexertion
- 12 letters
- sluggishness3, slothfulness
- 13 letters
- inapplication
- 14 letters
- unsensibleness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inertia3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- indolence