Synonyms for otiose
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Futile — having no effect
futile, useless, pointless, vain, sterile, barren, fruitless, meaningless, unprofitable, ineffective, ineffectual, purposeless, unavailing, bootless, profitless, gainless, worthless, unproductive, abortive, nugatory, inefficacious
2. Supine — of a person, possessing a bored indolence
supine, shiftless, blasé, nonplussed US, unaroused, dull, indifferent, lethargic, languid, lackadaisical, torpid
3. Idle — reluctant to work or to exert oneself
4. Slack — done in a careless or perfunctory manner
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having no effect.
- adj. 2
Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.
- adj. 3
Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
- adj. 4
Of a person, possessing a bored indolence.
Related words
- Word family
- otiosity
Example sentences
- useless There's nothing in here but a lot of useless junk.
- pointless It's pointless to try to stop Tom from doing that.
- sterile He has no descendants, he's likely sterile.
- futile When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
- supine He lay supine on the beach, his face exposed to the sun.
- shiftless Giving a scholarship to that ignorant, shiftless student is an injustice.
By length
- 4 letters
- lazy2, dull1, vain1, idle2
- 5 letters
- slack1, inert2
- 6 letters
- wasted2, futile2, barren2, remiss2, supine2, torpid2
- 7 letters
- useless2, sterile2, languid2
- 8 letters
- reckless2, sluggish2, abortive3, indolent3, slothful, bootless, nugatory4, gainless
- 9 letters
- pointless2, worthless2, senseless2, negligent3, fruitless2, lethargic3, shiftless2, unaroused
- 10 letters
- irrelevant4, unthinking3, nonplussed2, unavailing4, profitless
- 11 letters
- meaningless3, ineffective4, indifferent3, superfluous3, ineffectual5, purposeless3
- 12 letters
- unproductive4, unprofitable5
- 13 letters
- lackadaisical5, inefficacious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lazy2 = 2 syllables).