lazy

Speech parts

1. lazy - Noun

2. lazy - Adjective

3. lazy - Verb

5. lazy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.

Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.

Wicked; vicious.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

indolent slothful idle work-shy sluggish faineant otiose slack adagio sleepyhead loafer sleepy idler lento slow

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Antonyms

provident volant liege pert working religious

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Phrases with the word

lazy person be lazy the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog lazy bum I'm lazy I'm getting lazy

Derivatives

Lazier laziest

Anagrams

Zyla

Examples

Choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. Bill Gates

People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy. Bob Hope

The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower. Florence Nightingale

Lazy people have no spare time. Japanese Proverb

Lazy people will eventually lose even their trousers. Filipino Proverb

Every job is hard if you are too lazy to do it. Georgian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

lazulite lazulitic lazurite lazy 8 lazy ass lazy bed