Synonyms for Unemployment:

• n.

  •idleness (noun)
  • slouch,
  • truancy,
  • inertia,
  • laze,
  • sluggishness,
  • trifling,
  • slothfulness,
  • torpor,
  • indolence,
  • leisure,
  • stupor,
  • droning,
  • sloth,
  • shiftlessness,
  • dilly-dallying,
  • Vegetating,
  • Loitering,
  • lethargy,
  • Lazing,
  • torpidity,
  • dawdling,
  • dormancy,
  • loafing.
  •inaction (noun)
  • inertness,
  • inactivity,
  • inoperativeness.
  •inoperativeness (noun)
  • in-operativeness,
  • in operativenesses,
  • in operativeness,
  • in-operativenesses.
  •layoff (noun)
  • discharge,
  • cutback,
  • respite.
  •leisure (noun)
  • convenience,
  • re-creations,
  • spare time,
  • recreation,
  • re-creation,
  • vacation,
  • repose,
  • rest,
  • time off,
  • requiescence,
  • time,
  • sabbatical,
  • range,
  • chance,
  • one's own sweet time,
  • spare moment,
  • opportunity,
  • scope,
  • holiday,
  • freedom,
  • liberty,
  • vacant hour,
  • idle hours,
  • spare moments,
  • leave of absence,
  • quiet,
  • retirement,
  • intermission,
  • recess,
  • ease,
  • relaxation,
  • pause.
  •recession (noun)
  • shakeout,
  • bottom-out,
  • collapse,
  • shakeouts,
  • decline.
  •state (noun)
  • unemployment.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disuse.
  •work stoppage
  • strike conditions.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Inoccupation,
  • jobless,
  • redundancy,
  • furlough,
  • bloodbath,
  • stopping,
  • laziness,
  • dismission,
  • retired,
  • relief,
  • dole,
  • state,
  • unemployment rate,
  • aid,
  • benefit,
  • not working,
  • dismiss,
  • lay off,
  • unemploy,
  • redundant,
  • unemployed,
  • out of work.

Paraphrases for Unemployment:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    joblessness.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Underemployment.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    unemployed.
  • Proper noun, singular
    entitlements, allowances, data, weeks, unemployed.
  • Noun, plural
    redundancies, workers, individuals, weeks, unemployed.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    men, data, unemployed, dole, redundancy.
  • Verb, past tense
    lost, said.

• Exclusion

  • Proper noun, singular
    employment.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    employment.

Antonyms for Unemployment:

• n.

  • depression
    hopefulness, bulge, rise, convexity, happiness, protuberance, hope, calm, cheerfulness, increase, surge, success, recovery, encouragement.
  • idleness
    industry, activity, hustle, vigor, ambition, action, labor, work, liveliness, life, employment, energy, occupation, busyness, diligence.
  • layoff
    Hiring.
  • leisure
    incarceration, restraint, imprisonment, restriction, continuation, difficulty.
  • recession
    advance, inflation.

Hyponym for Unemployment:

• n.

  • state
    state.