What is another word for lazier?

Pronunciation: [lˈe͡ɪzɪə] (IPA)

Lazier is an adjective that describes someone who doesn't like to work much or lacks motivation. There are several synonyms for the word "lazier" such as idle, indolent, lethargic, sluggish or slothful. An idle person is someone who avoids work and doing anything productive while an indolent person is lazy and lacks energy or enthusiasm. The word lethargic is used to describe someone who is sluggish or slow in movement and thought. A sluggish person is slow and lacking in energy and can be described as dull or inactive. Lastly, slothful is another synonym that describes someone who is lazy and lacks motivation. These synonyms can be used in different contexts depending on the tone and intent of the message.

What are the hypernyms for Lazier?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Lazier

He had-reluctantly, perhaps, honestly, no doubt; but with full determination-come to the conclusion that there are secret springs which can only be detected by the twigs of the divining-rod; and having discovered with what comparative ease the whole mechanism of his little government could be carried on by the admission of the birch-regulator, so, as he grew richer and lazier and fatter, the Philhellenic Institute spun along as glibly as a top kept in vivacious movement by the perpetual application of the lash.
"The Caxtons, Part 2"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The more thyroid he has, the more energetic will he be-the less thyroid the less energetic, and the lazier.
"The Glands Regulating Personality"
Louis Berman, M.D.
Month by month he grew fatter and lazier and slower of speech.
"The Second Generation"
David Graham Phillips

Famous quotes with Lazier

  • Our minds are lazier than our bodies.
    La Rochefoucauld
  • ...I was born lazy. I am no lazier now than I was forty years ago, but that is because I reached the limit forty years ago. You can't go beyond possibility.
    Mark Twain
  • The simple fact was that she no longer hated them as a matter of principle. It was also a source of shameful amazement that she could ever have wasted so much energy on groundless prejudice, when acceptance and tolerance would have been the easier, even the lazier, course.
    Alastair Reynolds

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