Synonyms for indolent
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
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Indolent is a milder term for the same quality; the slothful man hates action; the indolent man loves inaction.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- lazy Tom is by no means unintelligent. He is just lazy.
- sluggish Mr. Smith ran his sluggish horse along the country roads.
- torpid When it gets cold, the turtles become torpid.
By length
- 4 letters
- lazy2, dull1, idle2
- 5 letters
- slack1, inert2
- 6 letters
- supine2, torpid2, otiose3
- 7 letters
- languid2, dronish
- 8 letters
- inactive3, sluggish2, listless2, slothful
- 9 letters
- lethargic3
- 10 letters
- phlegmatic3, languorous
- 13 letters
- lackadaisical5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lazy2 = 2 syllables).