Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| acedia | (Greek) sloth, torpor. |
| bedpresser | (Shakesp.) a heavy, lazy fellow. |
| dawdler | one who dawdles. |
| drone | an idler; a continuous low sound (verb) to make a continuous low sound |
| dronish | like a drone; idle. |
| dronishly | (Adv.) DRONISH, like a drone, idle. |
| drony | like a drone; lazy. |
| faineance | (Fr.) doing nothing, being a mere puppet. |
| faineancy | doing nothing, being a mere puppet. |
| faineant | (Fr.) given to do nothing, idle, lazy; (noun) an idle person. |
| faineantise | (Fr.) do-nothing-ness; an indisposition to do anything. |
| hallian | (Scots) a lout or lazy rascal. |
| hallion | (Scots) a lout or lazy rascal. |
| hallyon | (Scots) a lout or lazy rascal. |
| idle | unoccupied (verb) to be unoccupied |
| idlehood | (Arch.) idleness. |
| idler | one that idles. |
| idlesse | idleness. |
| indolent | lazy, lethargic. |
| indolently | (Adv.) INDOLENT, lazy, lethargic. |
| laggard | lagging behind (noun) one who lags behind |
| laggardly | like a laggard. |
| laggardness | the state of being a laggard, one who lags behind. |
| layabout | a lazy person, a loafer. |
| laze | to pass time lazily. |
| laziness | the state of being lazy. |
| lazy | idle (verb) to move lazily |
| lazybones | a lazy person. |
| lazyish | somewhat lazy. |
| loafer | a lazy person; a shoe like a moccasin for casual wear. |
| loaferish | like a loafer, an idle person. |
| lurdan | (Arch.) a dull or sluggish person. |
| lurdane | (Arch.) a dull or sluggish person. |
| lurden | (Arch.) a dull or sluggish person. |
| lusk | (Obs.) to lie about lazily. |
| luskish | (Obs.) inclined to be lazy. |
| luskishness | (Obs.) the state of being luskish, inclined to be lazy. |
| schlumpy | moving in a lazy way. |
| scrimshank | to evade work or duty. |
| scrimshanker | a shirker. |
| shirker | one who shirks. |
| skivy | evading work or duty. |
| skrimshank | to evade work or duty. |
| skrimshanker | one who evades work or duty. |
| slacker | a shirker. |
| slattery | (Dial.) slovenly. |
| sleepyhead | a sleepy person. |
| sloth | idleness; (verb) to spend time slothfully. |
| slothful | sluggish. |
| slothfully | (Adv.) SLOTHFUL, sluggish. |
| slothfulness | the state of being slothful. |
| sloven | an untidy, dirty person. |
| slovenlike | like a sloven. |
| slovenly | like a sloven, habitually untidy or unclean. |
| slowback | (Obs.) a lazy person. |
| slowcoach | a slow or sluggish person. |
| slowpoke | a slow person. |
| slugabed | one who indulges in lying abed. |
| sluggabed | (Shakesp.) one who indulges in lying abed; a sluggard. |
| sluggard | an habitually lazy person. |
| sluggardise | (Shakesp.) to make lazy. |
| sluggardize | (Shakesp.) to make lazy. |
| sluggardliness | the state of being sluggardly. |
| sluggardly | like a sluggard, an habitually lazy person. |
| sluggardness | the state of being sluggard. |
| sluggish | displaying little movement or activity. |
| sluggishly | (Adv.) SLUGGISH, displaying little movement or activity. |
| sluggishness | the state of being sluggish. |
| sweetman | in the Caribbean, a man kept by a woman. |
| workshy | hating or avoiding work; lazy. |