idleness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
having no employment
Types & categories
- inactivity hypernym
- dolce far niente hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the quality of lacking substance or value
the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized
Types & categories
- worthlessness hypernym
Related & opposite
- baseless derivation
Sense 3 noun
the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
Types & categories
- laziness hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | laze |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | idle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | jobless |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inactivity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dolce far niente |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | baseless |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | worthlessness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | idle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | indolent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | laziness |