All work antonyms
work
W w noun work
- fun β something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- idleness β the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- laziness β lazy evaluation
- unemployment β the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
- entertainment β The action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment.
- failure β an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- loss β detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- pastime β something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.
- hate β to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- ignorance β the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- inactivity β not active: an inactive volcano.
- indolence β the quality or state of being indolent.
- irresponsibility β said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- avocation β Your avocation is a job or activity that you do because you are interested in it, rather than to earn your living.
- hobby β an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
- recreation β the act of creating anew.
- destruction β Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
verb work
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- idle β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- laze β to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- relax β to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- rest β a support for a lance; lance rest.
- abstain β If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- discontinue β to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- mismanage β Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
- pause β a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- receive β to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- refrain β to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- stay β (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- abandon β If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.