What are the opposite words for lazy?
The antonyms for the word "lazy" include diligent, hardworking, industrious, productive, active, energetic, ambitious, motivated, responsible, and efficient. Someone who is diligent is careful and persistent in their work, while someone who is hardworking is continuously putting effort into their tasks. Industrious individuals are constantly busy and working hard, and productive individuals are effective in achieving their goals. An active person is always moving and doing something, while an energetic person has a lot of energy and enthusiasm. Ambitious individuals have a strong desire to succeed, while motivated individuals have a strong drive and incentive to succeed. Responsible individuals are accountable and reliable, while efficient individuals are capable and effective at completing tasks.
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- vigorous
- hasty
- sudden
- active
- energetic
- lively
- sharp
- intelligent
- strong
- knowing
- healthy
- adept
- alert
- athletic
- dedicated
- enterprising
- fresh
- hardworking
- hearty
- indefatigable
- painstaking
- persistent
- quick
- racy
- ready
- religious
- rousing
- spirited
- sprightly
- studious
- swift
- untiring
- very fast
- abrupt
- agile
- animated
- assiduous
- busy
- conscientious
- diligent
- efficient
- exuberant
- industrious
- intense
- keen
- laborious
- playful
- rollicking
- smart
- swinging
- vibrant
- having movement
- very able
- physically or mentally nimble, deft
- attentive, lively
- hard-working
- agile; prepared to participate in sports
- fast-moving; active
- engaged, at work
- loyal, hard-working
- persevering, hard-working
- adept, effective
- full of life; forceful
- resourceful, energetic
- immediate, speedy
- energetic, enthusiastic
- refreshing to the senses
- speedy; without much thought
- forceful, severe; passionate
- experienced, aware
- hard, difficult
- inactive, sluggish
- meticulous, thorough
- lively, vigorous
- energetic, zestful
- skillful, intelligent
- concerning belief in divinity
- fun-loving, lively
- lively, vivacious
- fun, vivacious
- active, vivacious
- healthy, powerful
- scholarly, attentive
- unexpected; happening quickly
- alive, colorful
- energetic, powerful
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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vigorous
- take charge,
- hard-driving,
- hard driving,
- harddriving,
- more bouncing,
- more hard driving,
- more hard-driving,
- more harddriving,
- more steamroller,
- more take charge,
- more take-charge,
- more takecharge,
- most bouncing,
- most hard driving,
- most hard-driving,
- most harddriving,
- most steamroller,
- most take charge,
- most take-charge,
- most takecharge,
- strong as ox,
- takecharge.
-
hasty
- chop-chop,
- headlong,
- chop chop,
- chopchop,
- harefooted,
- head long,
- head-long,
- ill advised,
- illadvised,
- in cautious,
- in considerate,
- in-cautious,
- in-considerate,
- more chop chop,
- more chop-chop,
- more chopchop,
- more harefooted,
- more quickened,
- more quickie,
- more slambang,
- most chop chop,
- most chop-chop,
- most chopchop,
- most harefooted,
- most precipitate,
- most quickened,
- most quickie,
- most slambang,
- on double,
- slambang.
- sudden
-
active
- at work,
- fireball,
- forcible,
- in force,
- in play,
- lively,
- on the move,
- perky,
- running,
- shifting,
- swarming,
- Exertive,
- hard-working,
- in process,
- hard working,
- high spirited,
- highspirited,
- in tensest,
- more astir,
- more bustling,
- more eager,
- more enlivened,
- more exertive,
- more fireball,
- more hard working,
- more hard-working,
- more hyper,
- more impelling,
- more shifting,
- more speeding,
- more streaming,
- more swarming,
- more turning,
- most astir,
- most bustling,
- most enlivened,
- most exertive,
- most fireball,
- most hard working,
- most hard-working,
- most hyper,
- most impelling,
- most shifting,
- most speeding,
- most streaming,
- most swarming,
- most turning,
- on move,
- re solute,
- re-solute,
- whizer,
- whizest.
- energetic
- lively
-
sharp
- acuate,
- apical,
- briery,
- double-edged,
- horned,
- in style,
- needlelike,
- penetrative,
- pronged,
- razor-sharp,
- sharp,
- spiky,
- tined,
- vinegary,
- Acuminous,
- Needle-pointed,
- first class,
- spikiest,
- spikier,
- strong-smelling,
- firstclass,
- Unblunted,
- brierier,
- brieriest,
- clear cut,
- clearcut,
- de signing,
- de-signing,
- double edged,
- doubleedged,
- flyest,
- ground fine,
- having smarts,
- keen edged,
- keen-edged,
- keenedged,
- knife edged,
- knife-edged,
- knifeedged,
- more acuminous,
- more apical,
- more double edged,
- more double-edged,
- more doubleedged,
- more drilling,
- more edged,
- more honed,
- more horned,
- more keen edged,
- more keen-edged,
- more keenedged,
- more knife edged,
- more knife-edged,
- more knifeedged,
- more needle pointed,
- more needle-pointed,
- more needlelike,
- more paralyzing,
- more penetrative,
- more razor sharp,
- more razor-sharp,
- more razorsharp,
- more sharp edged,
- more sharp-edged,
- more sharpened,
- more splintery,
- more strong smelling,
- more strong-smelling,
- more suffocating,
- more tapered,
- more tined,
- more tipped,
- more unblunted,
- more vinegary,
- more whetted,
- most acuate,
- most acuminous,
- most apical,
- most double edged,
- most double-edged,
- most doubleedged,
- most drilling,
- most edged,
- most honed,
- most horned,
- most keen edged,
- most keen-edged,
- most keenedged,
- most knife edged,
- most knifeedged,
- most needle-pointed,
- most needlelike,
- most needlepointed,
- most pronged,
- most razor sharp,
- most razor-sharp,
- most sharp edged,
- most sharp-edged,
- most sharpedged,
- most sharpened,
- most shooting,
- most splintery,
- most strong smelling,
- most strong-smelling,
- most suffocating,
- most tapered,
- most tined,
- most tipped,
- most unblunted,
- most vinegary,
- most whetted,
- needle pointed,
- needlepointed,
- sharp edged,
- smart as a tack,
- smart as tack,
- strong smelling,
- two faced,
- twofaced,
- un blunted,
- un ethical,
- un gracious,
- un scrupulous,
- un-blunted,
- un-ethical,
- un-gracious,
- un-scrupulous,
- under hand,
- under-hand.
- intelligent
-
strong
- heavy-duty,
- well-built,
- hard as nails,
- more heavy duty,
- more heavy-duty,
- more heavyduty,
- more well built,
- more well-built,
- more wellbuilt,
- most heavy-duty,
- most heavyduty,
- most well built,
- most well-built,
- most wellbuilt,
- un yielding,
- un-yielding,
- well built,
- well made,
- wellbuilt,
- wellfounded,
- wellmade.
-
knowing
- percipient,
- witting,
- Worldlywise,
- with-it,
- Sophic,
- de liberate,
- de-liberate,
- in tended,
- in-tended,
- more percipient,
- more sophic,
- more tuned in,
- more tunedin,
- more with it,
- more withit,
- more witting,
- most percipient,
- most tuned in,
- most tuned-in,
- most tunedin,
- most with it,
- most with-it,
- most withit,
- most witting,
- tuned in,
- tuned-in,
- tunedin,
- well informed,
- withit,
- worldly wise.
-
healthy
- rosy-cheeked,
- safe and sound,
- bright-eyed,
- in good shape,
- in fine fettle,
- bright eyed,
- brighteyed,
- bushy tailed,
- bushy-tailed,
- bushytailed,
- full life,
- in fine feather,
- in pink,
- in the pink,
- more bright eyed,
- more bright-eyed,
- more brighteyed,
- more bushy tailed,
- more bushy-tailed,
- more bushytailed,
- more rosycheeked,
- most bright eyed,
- most bright-eyed,
- most brighteyed,
- most bushy tailed,
- most bushytailed,
- most rosy-cheeked,
- most rosycheeked,
- physically fit,
- re stored,
- re-stored,
- rosy cheeked,
- rosycheeked,
- safe sound,
- un impaired,
- un-impaired.
- adept
- alert
- athletic
-
dedicated
- old faithful,
- Single-hearted,
- singleminded,
- de voted,
- de-voted,
- given over to,
- more single hearted,
- more single-hearted,
- more singlehearted,
- most single hearted,
- most single-hearted,
- most singlehearted,
- single hearted,
- single minded,
- singlehearted,
- true end,
- true the end,
- true to end,
- true to the end.
-
enterprising
- gumptious,
- take over,
- go-go,
- coming on strong,
- coming strong,
- go go,
- goahead,
- more advancing,
- more go go,
- more go-go,
- more gumptious,
- more itching,
- more lusting,
- more self starting,
- more self-starting,
- more selfstarting,
- more take over,
- more takeover,
- more yearning,
- most advancing,
- most craving,
- most go go,
- most go-go,
- most gogo,
- most gumptious,
- most itching,
- most lusting,
- most self-starting,
- most selfstarting,
- most take over,
- most take-over,
- most takeover,
- most yearning,
- self starting,
- selfstarting,
- up and coming.
- fresh
- hardworking
-
hearty
- heartiest,
- backslapping,
- back slapping,
- back-slapping,
- deep felt,
- deep-felt,
- deepfelt,
- more back slapping,
- more back-slapping,
- more backslapping,
- more deep felt,
- more deep-felt,
- more deepfelt,
- more filling,
- most back slapping,
- most back-slapping,
- most backslapping,
- most deep felt,
- most deep-felt,
- most deepfelt,
- most filling,
- pro fuse,
- pro-fuse,
- un feigned,
- un-feigned,
- un-reserved,
- un-restrained.
-
indefatigable
- unwearying,
- hellbent,
- bound determined,
- dead set on,
- hell bent,
- in exhaustible,
- most unwearying,
- nose grindstone,
- nose to grindstone,
- stop nothing,
- un faltering,
- un flinching,
- un remitting,
- un wavering,
- un wearied,
- un wearying,
- un-faltering,
- un-flinching,
- un-remitting,
- un-wavering,
- un-wearied,
- un-wearying.
- painstaking
- persistent
-
quick
- instantaneous,
- post-haste,
- quick,
- quickest,
- smart as a whip,
- Expeditive,
- nimble-witted,
- all there,
- a move on,
- ex press,
- ex-press,
- lead out,
- more expeditive,
- more nimble witted,
- more nimble-witted,
- more nimblewitted,
- most expeditive,
- most nimble witted,
- most nimble-witted,
- most nimblewitted,
- move it,
- nimble witted,
- post haste,
- quick on the uptake,
- quick on uptake,
- quick the uptake,
- quick uptake,
- smart as whip,
- the lead out.
- racy
- ready
-
religious
- born-again,
- churchgoing,
- deistic,
- doctrinal,
- theistic,
- bornagain,
- god fearing,
- godfearing,
- more born again,
- more born-again,
- more bornagain,
- more deistic,
- more saintlike,
- more scriptural,
- more theistic,
- most born again,
- most bornagain,
- most churchgoing,
- most deistic,
- most doctrinal,
- most saintlike,
- most scriptural,
- most theistic,
- priestlier,
- priestliest,
- super natural,
- super-natural,
- un erring,
- un swerving,
- un-swerving.
- rousing
- spirited
- sprightly
- studious
-
swift
- alacritous,
- like crazy,
- like mad,
- supersonic,
- Barrelling,
- double quick,
- shortlived,
- double-quick,
- doublequick,
- fleet footed,
- fleetfooted,
- more barrelling,
- more double quick,
- more double-quick,
- more doublequick,
- more fleet footed,
- more fleet-footed,
- more fleetfooted,
- more screaming,
- more speedball,
- more supersonic,
- most alacritous,
- most barrelling,
- most double quick,
- most double-quick,
- most doublequick,
- most screaming,
- most speedball,
- most supersonic,
- shaking a leg,
- shaking leg,
- short lived,
- speedball,
- super sonic,
- super-sonic.
- untiring
- very fast
- abrupt
-
agile
- Spright,
- easy-moving,
- easy moving,
- easymoving,
- more easy moving,
- more easymoving,
- most easy moving,
- most easy-moving,
- most easymoving,
- quick draw,
- quick on draw,
- quick on the draw,
- quick on the trigger,
- quick on trigger,
- quick the draw,
- quick the trigger,
- quick trigger,
- quick witted,
- quickwitted,
- sprighter,
- sprightest,
- twinkle toes.
- animated
- assiduous
-
busy
- hectic,
- on the go,
- strenuous,
- Snowed,
- in conference,
- in the field,
- already taken,
- at it,
- busy as a beaver,
- busy as beaver,
- having enough on one plate,
- having enough on one's plate,
- having enough on ones plate,
- having enough on plate,
- having enough one plate,
- having enough one's plate,
- having enough ones plate,
- having enough plate,
- having fish fry,
- having many irons fire,
- having many irons in fire,
- having many irons in the fire,
- having many irons the fire,
- in a meeting,
- in else possession,
- in else's possession,
- in elses possession,
- in field,
- in laboratory,
- in meeting,
- in someone else possession,
- in someone else's possession,
- in someone elses possession,
- more overloaded,
- more popping,
- more snowed,
- more swamped,
- most meddling,
- most overloaded,
- most popping,
- most slaving,
- most snowed,
- most swamped,
- nebbier,
- nebbiest,
- nebby,
- on assignment,
- on go,
- over loaded,
- over-loaded,
- un available,
- un-available,
- up ears,
- up one ears,
- up one's ears,
- up ones ears,
- up to ears,
- up to one's ears,
- up to ones ears,
- with customer.
- conscientious
- diligent
- efficient
- exuberant
- industrious
-
intense
- all-consuming,
- all consuming,
- allconsuming,
- extra ordinary,
- extra-ordinary,
- in tense,
- in tenser,
- in tensive,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- in-tensive,
- more all consuming,
- more all-consuming,
- more allconsuming,
- more intensified,
- most all consuming,
- most allconsuming,
- most intensified,
- pro found,
- pro founder,
- pro-found,
- pro-founder,
- un due,
- un duest,
- un-due,
- un-duer,
- un-duest.
- keen
- laborious
- playful
- rollicking
- smart
- swinging
- vibrant
- having movement
- very able
- physically or mentally nimble, deft
- attentive, lively
- hard-working
- agile; prepared to participate in sports
- fast-moving; active
-
engaged, at work
- busy.
- loyal, hard-working
- persevering, hard-working
- adept, effective
- full of life; forceful
- resourceful, energetic
- immediate, speedy
- energetic, enthusiastic
- refreshing to the senses
- speedy; without much thought
- forceful, severe; passionate
- experienced, aware
- hard, difficult
- inactive, sluggish
- meticulous, thorough
- lively, vigorous
-
energetic, zestful
- racy.
- skillful, intelligent
- concerning belief in divinity
- fun-loving, lively
- lively, vivacious
- fun, vivacious
-
active, vivacious
- spry.
- healthy, powerful
- scholarly, attentive
- unexpected; happening quickly
- alive, colorful
- energetic, powerful
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Other relevant words
- attentive,
- busy,
- cautious,
- chary,
- circumspect,
- concerned,
- employed,
- enterprising,
- exuberant,
- fast,
- foresighted,
- forethoughtful,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- interested,
- mindful,
- observant,
- occupied,
- provident,
- punctilious,
- regardful,
- regarding,
- responsible,
- thinking,
- thoughtful,
- vigilant,
- wary,
- watchful,
- working,
- zealous.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.
