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Dictionary Entries (5 more entries. View all »)
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
la·zy    Audio Help   [ley-zee] Pronunciation Key adjective, -zi·er, -zi·est, verb, -zied, -zy·ing.
–adjective
1.averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
2.causing idleness or indolence: a hot, lazy afternoon.
3.slow-moving; sluggish: a lazy stream.
4.(of a livestock brand) placed on its side instead of upright.
–verb (used without object)
5.to laze.
[Origin: 1540–50; cf. LG lasich languid, idle]

—Related forms
la·zi·ly, adverb
la·zi·ness, noun
la·zy·ish, adjective

—Synonyms 1. slothful. See idle. 3. inert, inactive, torpid.
—Antonyms 1. industrious. 3. quick.
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Thesaurus Entries (1 more entry. View all »)
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  lazy
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Resistant to exertion and activity.
Synonyms:  fainéant, idle, indolent, shiftless, slothful, sluggard, sluggish
Idioms:  bone lazy
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  lazy
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  bovine, careless, comatose, costive, dilatory, faineant, hebetudinous, hypnotic, idle, inactive, indolent, insouciant, lackadaisical, languid, lax, lethargic, listless, lymphatic, otiose, phlegmatic, remiss, shiftless, slack, slothful, sluggard, sluggish, somniferous, spiritless, torpid, truant, unconcerned, dronish, inertial, loafing, logy, oscitant, unindustrious
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  lazy
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  indolence, inertia, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, remission, sluggishness, torpidity, dog days, faineancy, inanition, oscitancy, otiosity
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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