loafing
Wasting the day
Loafing is idling or wasting time, avoiding work or responsibility.
Someone loafing around the house isn't doing anything productive.
The word carries a mild disapproval—not quite lazy, but certainly not industrious: Stop loafing and help me with these boxes.
He spent the afternoon loafing on the porch.
Unwillingness to exert oneself
- slothfulnessState of being lazy
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- lollygaggingAimless time-wasting
time-wasting · drifting · aimlessness · puttering · dillydallying · malingering · goldbricking · shirking
Aversion to activity
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
- disinterestAbsence of bias
unmotivated · lackadaisical · carefree · unbothered · insouciance · complacency · passivity
Purposeless public lingering
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- milling aboutAimless collective movement
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
- hanging aroundRemaining somewhere idly
idling · skulking · meandering · roaming · street corner · park bench · strolling · drifting
State of being unwound
- downtimePeriod of non-operation
- free timeUnscheduled personal hours
- unwindingReleasing coiled tension
- loungingReclining in idleness
chilling · taking it easy · hanging out · kicking back · vegging out · decompressing · recreation · repose
Weary, dreamy fatigue
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
- sluggishnessState of slow movement
- inertiaResistance to altered motion
drowsiness · lassitude · weariness · enervation · heaviness · fatigue · sleepiness · stupor
laziness
Unwillingness to exert oneself
- slothfulnessState of being lazy
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
lollygagging · time-wasting · drifting · aimlessness · puttering · dillydallying · malingering · goldbricking · shirking · slacking
indolence
Aversion to activity
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
disinterest · unmotivated · lackadaisical · carefree · unbothered · insouciance · complacency · passivity
loitering
Purposeless public lingering
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- milling aboutAimless collective movement
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
hanging around · idling · skulking · meandering · roaming · street corner · park bench · strolling · drifting
relaxation
State of being unwound
lounging · chilling · taking it easy · hanging out · kicking back · vegging out · decompressing · recreation · repose · siesta
languor
Weary, dreamy fatigue
- torporInactive, sluggish state
- listlessnessAbsence of energy, enthusiasm
- sluggishnessState of slow movement
inertia · drowsiness · lassitude · weariness · enervation · heaviness · fatigue · sleepiness · stupor · grogginess
- waste of timeprocrastination, busywork, dawdling, dithering, goofing off
- relaxationrelax, naps, break, rest, calm
- bad behaviorcheating, stealing, lying, greed, selfishness
- idle timekilling time, passing time, wasting time, whiling away, doing nothing
- idlenessdoing nothing, idling, lounging, lazing, sitting around
- lazinesslaziness, sloth, idleness, apathy, lethargy
loafingtoiling
Working strenuously, exhaustingly
laboring · working · hustling · slaving away · grinding
loafingapplying oneself
Focused sustained effort
accomplishing · achieving · driven · diligent · motivated
- loafing aroundIdle time-wasting behavior
- loafing aboutPassing time idly
- social loafingReduced exertion in groups