leisurely
The word “leisurely” has 3 syllables: lei-sure-ly
It's pronounced as /ˈliːʒɚli/
What is synonym and antonym for leisurely?
In the thesaurus, “leisurely” has 52 synonyms and 64 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for leisurely along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for leisurely
- ambling
- carefully
- cautiously
- crawling
- creeping
- dallying
- dawdling
- decelerating
- deliberate
- deliberately
- dilatory
- dillydallying
- dragging
- filibustering
- heavily
- heavy-footed
- inactive
- inching
- inert
- laggard
- laggardly
- lagging
- languid
- lethargic
- lingering
- loafing
- loitering
- lounging
- measured
- plodding
- ploddingly
- pokey
- pokily
- poking
- poky
- procrastinating
- purposefully
- shuffling
- slow
- slow-footed
- slowing
- slowly
- sluggish
- sluggishly
- snail-paced
- snaillike
- stalling
- strolling
- tardily
- tardy
- tarrying
- unhurried
Antonyms for leisurely
- abruptly
- accelerated
- apace
- barreling
- bolting
- breakneck
- breathless
- brisk
- briskly
- careering
- dizzy
- expeditious
- fast
- fleet
- fleetly
- flying
- full tilt
- hastened
- hastily
- hasty
- hurried
- hurrying
- immediately
- impetuously
- impulsively
- lightning
- meteoric
- meteorically
- posthaste
- presto
- prompt
- promptly
- pronto
- quick
- quickened
- quickly
- racing
- rapid
- rapidly
- rashly
- readily
- ready
- recklessly
- rocketing
- running
- rushed
- rushing
- scooting
- scudding
- scurrying
- snappily
- snappy
- soon
- speedily
- speeding
- speedy
- suddenly
- swift
- swiftly
- warp-speed
- whirling
- whirlwind
- whisking
- zipping
Meanings of leisurely
- adjective
- Characterized by leisure; taking plenty of time; unhurried.
- adverb
- In a leisurely manner.
Example Sentences
- They took a leisurely stroll through the park after dinner.
- She sipped her coffee leisurely while reading the newspaper.
- The group enjoyed a leisurely afternoon on the beach.
- He packed his bags leisurely, not in any rush to leave.
- We spent the weekend in a leisurely manner, with no fixed plans.
On this page you'll find 116 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to leisurely, such as: abruptly, accelerated, ambling, apace, barreling, bolting, breakneck.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
dallying
- aestivating
- ambling
- amorous
- amusing
- apathetic
- apathy
- arch
- asleep on the job
- backward
- behindhand
- bumming
- careless
- cavorting
- chilling
- comatose
- come-hither
- come-on
- coquetting
- coquettish
- courting
- coy
- crawling
- creeping
- dabbling
- dalliance
- dawdling
- decelerating
- delaying
- deliberate
- delighting
- diddling
- dilatory
- dillydallying
- directionless
- disporting
- diverting
- dozing
- dragging
- droning
- dropping behind
- drowsy
- dull
- easing
- entertaining
- enticing
- estivating
- falling behind
- filibustering
- flagging
- flightiness
- flippancy
- flirting
- flirty
- flummery
- folly
- fooling
- fooling around
- footling
- fribble
- frippery
- frisking
- frisky
- frivoling
- frivolling
- frivolousness
- frolicking
- fun
- furloughing
- futile
- gaiety
- gamboling
- gambolling
- game
- giddiness
- goldbricking
- good-for-nothing
- hanging
- hanging about
- hanging fire
- heavy-footed
- hibernating
- idle
- idleness
- idling
- inactive
- inattentive
- inching
- incompetent
- indifferent
- indolence
- indolent
- inert
- inertia
- jest
- jesting
- joking
- joshing
- kicking around
- kicking back
- kidding
- killing time
- kittenish
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- lallygagging
- languid
- languor
- languorous
- lassitude
- late
- lax
- laziness
- lazing
- lazy
- lazying
- leading on
- leisurely
- lethargic
- lethargy
- levity
- libidinous
- lifeless
- lightheartedness
- lightness
- lingering
- listless
- listlessness
- loafing
- loitering
- lolling
- lollygagging
- lounging
- lumbering
- malingering
- manipulating
- marking time
- mashing
- measured
- messing
- messing around
- monkeying
- moping
- moratory
- moseying
- mucking
- neglectful
- negligent
- nonsense
- out of it
- passive
- piddling
- play
- playing
- pleasing
- plodding
- pokey
- poking
- poky
- procrastinating
- puerility
- putting off
- putting on
- rambling
- razzing
- recreating
- relaxing
- remiss
- resting
- ribbing
- rollicking
- romping
- sauntering
- screwing around
- shallowness
- shiftless
- shiftlessness
- shilly-shallying
- shuffling
- skylarking
- slack
- sleepy
- sloth
- slothful
- slow
- slow-footed
- slow-moving
- slowing
- sluggish
- sluggishness
- snail-like
- snail-paced
- snaillike
- snoozy
- somnolent
- spoony
- sport
- sporting
- sportive
- staggering
- stalling
- stringing along
- strolling
- superficiality
- supine
- supineness
- swanning
- tardy
- tarrying
- teasing
- temporizing
- time-wasting
- tired
- torpid
- toying
- trifling
- triviality
- truanting
- unambitious
- unconcerned
- unenergetic
- unhasty
- unhurried
- unindustrious
- unmotivated
- unpersevering
- unready
- vamping
- vegging out
- volatility
- weary
- whimsicality
- whimsy
- wooing
- worthless
ultraslow
calculatingly
- advisedly
- affectedly
- after consideration
- apurpose
- archly
- artfully
- artificially
- by design
- cannily
- circumspectly
- consciously
- craftily
- cunningly
- deceitfully
- deceptively
- deliberately
- designed
- designedly
- determinedly
- deviously
- dishonestly
- emphatically
- falsely
- falteringly
- flatteringly
- freely
- furtively
- haltingly
- hesitantly
- hesitatingly
- hypocritically
- in cold blood
- independently
- insidiously
- insincerely
- intentionally
- knowingly
- leisurely
- meaningfully
- on purpose
- pointedly
- premeditatedly
- premeditatively
- prepensely
- pretentiously
- purposefully
- purposely
- purposively
- resolutely
- sharply
- shiftily
- slickly
- slily
- slowly
- slyly
- studiedly
- studiously
- sycophantically
- tentatively
- to that end
- unctuously
- underhand
- underhanded
- underhandedly
- unnaturally
- voluntarily
- willfully
- with a view to
- with eyes wide open
- with full intent
- with malice aforethought
- without qualms
- wittingly
idly
- inactively
- leisurely
- lifelessly
- nonchalantly
- slackly
- sleepily
- slowly
laggard
- ambling
- crawler
- crawling
- creeping
- dallier
- dallying
- dawdler
- dawdling
- decelerating
- delayer
- deliberate
- dilatory
- dillydallying
- dragger
- dragging
- filibustering
- heavy-footed
- idler
- inactive
- inching
- inert
- lagger
- lagging
- languid
- latecomer
- lazybones
- leisurely
- lethargic
- lingerer
- lingering
- loafer
- loafing
- loiterer
- loitering
- lounger
- lounging
- measured
- plodder
- plodding
- pokey
- poking
- poky
- procrastinating
- procrastinator
- shuffling
- slouch
- slow
- slow starter
- slow-footed
- slowing
- slowpoke
- slug
- sluggard
- sluggish
- snail
- snail-paced
- snaillike
- stalling
- straggler
- strolling
- tardy
- tarrying
- unhurried