lethargic
The word “lethargic” has 3 syllables: le-thar-gic
It's pronounced as /ləˈθɑːr.dʒɪk/
What is synonym and antonym for lethargic?
In the thesaurus, “lethargic” has 35 synonyms and 25 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for lethargic along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for lethargic
- ambitionless
- apathetic
- asleep
- catatonic
- comatose
- dead
- dopey
- dopy
- dormant
- drowsy
- drugged
- dull
- inactive
- inanimate
- indolent
- inert
- languorous
- lazy
- lazyish
- listless
- motionless
- quiescent
- resting
- sedentary
- shiftless
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- sluggard
- sluggardly
- sluggish
- somnambulant
- static
- still
- torpid
Antonyms for lethargic
- active
- animated
- assiduous
- bouncing
- busy
- diligent
- dynamic
- energetic
- engaged
- hardworking
- industrious
- kinetic
- lively
- occupied
- peppy
- perky
- sedulous
- spirited
- sprightly
- springy
- vigorous
- vital
- vivacious
- working
- zippy
Meanings of lethargic
- adjective
- Sluggish, slow.
- Indifferent, apathetic.
Example Sentences
- After staying up all night, she felt lethargic the next morning.
- The hot weather made everyone in the office lethargic.
- He seemed lethargic and uninterested in the meeting.
- Eating a heavy meal can make you feel lethargic.
- The medication left him feeling unusually lethargic.
On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lethargic, such as: active, ambitionless, animated, apathetic, asleep, assiduous, bouncing.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- slack
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- snaillike
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- spoony
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- staggering
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- stringing along
- strolling
- superficiality
- supine
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- swanning
- tardy
- tarrying
- teasing
- temporizing
- time-wasting
- tired
- torpid
- toying
- trifling
- triviality
- truanting
- unambitious
- unconcerned
- unenergetic
- unhasty
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- unmotivated
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- vamping
- vegging out
- volatility
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- whimsicality
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- wooing
- worthless
jaded
- all in
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- apathetic
- aweary
- beat
- beaten
- been around
- blah
- blase
- bleary
- bored
- broken-down
- burned out
- burned-out
- burnt out
- burnt-out
- bushed
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- dead
- debilitated
- dejected
- demoralized
- did in
- disabled
- discouraged
- disgusted
- disheartened
- disinterested
- dispirited
- done
- done in
- done it all
- drained
- drowsy
- dulled
- enervate
- enervated
- enfeebled
- exasperated
- exhausted
- fagged
- fatigued
- fed up
- frustrated
- glutted
- had it
- heavy
- irritated
- knackered
- lethargic
- limp
- loggy
- logy
- nauseated
- overfatigued
- overtaxed
- overworked
- palled
- played out
- pooped
- prostrate
- put to sleep
- repulsed
- run-down
- sapped
- sated
- satiated
- sick
- sick and tired
- sick of
- sleepy
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- spent
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- tapped out
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- uninterested
- up to here
- washed out
- washed-out
- weakened
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- wiped out
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- world-weary
- worn
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- worn-down
- worn-out
lackadaisical
- abstracted
- apathetic
- careless
- daydreaming
- disinterested
- dreamy
- dull
- energyless
- enervated
- exhausted
- faineant
- feeble
- frail
- halfhearted
- heedless
- idle
- impassive
- inactive
- inattentive
- incurious
- indifferent
- indolent
- inert
- knackered
- laid-back
- languid
- languishing
- languorous
- lazy
- lethargic
- limp
- listless
- loggy
- logy
- moony
- passive
- phlegmatic
- romantic
- sentimental
- sleepy
- slothful
- sluggish
- spiritless
- spring fever
- stolid
- thoughtless
- tired
- torpid
- unconcerned
- unwary
- weak
- weary
napping
- absent-minded
- abstracted
- ad-lib
- asleep
- asleep at the switch
- asleep on the job
- at ease
- at rest
- bed
- blundering
- brutish
- casual
- catnap
- catnapping
- caught off guard
- comatose
- comfortable
- conked
- couching
- crashed
- cursory
- daydreaming
- dazed
- dead to the world
- derelict
- disregardful
- dopy
- dormant
- doze
- dozing
- dozy
- dreaming
- dreamy
- dropping off
- drowse
- drowsing
- drowsy
- drugged
- fast
- feckless
- flaked out
- flat-footed
- foolish
- forgetful
- forty winks
- getting shut-eye
- half asleep
- hasty
- heavy
- heedless
- hibernating
- hypnotized
- ill-considered
- impromptu
- improvident
- improvised
- imprudent
- impulsive
- in dreamland
- in repose
- inaccurate
- inactive
- inadvertent
- inattentive
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- indelicate
- indifferent
- indiscreet
- indolent
- inert
- injudicious
- insensitive
- instinctive
- irresponsible
- kipping
- lackadaisical
- languid
- lax
- laying
- lazy
- lethargic
- loose
- lounging
- lulling
- lying
- lying down
- mechanical
- mesmerized
- mindless
- nap
- negligent
- nodding
- nodding off
- nonchalant
- not on the job
- not prepared
- oblivious
- off the cuff
- offhand
- on the kip
- out
- out cold
- out like a light
- out of it
- outrageous
- oversleeping
- perfunctory
- played by ear
- pococurante
- quiet
- rapid eye movement
- rash
- recessing
- reckless
- reclining
- regardless
- relaxing
- remiss
- repose
- reposing
- rest
- restful
- resting
- roosting
- rude
- sacked out
- selfish
- semiconscious
- senseless
- shut-eye
- siesta
- sleep
- sleeping
- sleeping in
- sleepwalking
- sleepy
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- sluggish
- slumber
- slumbering
- slumberous
- slumbrous
- snooze
- snoozing
- snoozy
- snoring
- somnambulant
- somnolent
- soothing
- soporific
- sound
- spaced out
- spontaneous
- stretched-out
- surprised
- tactless
- taken off guard
- taking a break
- taking forty winks
- taking it easy
- thoughtless
- tired
- torpid
- unalert
- unaware
- uncaring
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- unconscious
- undiplomatic
- unexpected
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- unheeding
- unintended
- unmeant
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- unprepared
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- unwinding
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- vacant
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- wasteful
- winged
- wink
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- zoned out
- zs
sagging
- abating
- abject
- ailing
- all torn up
- atrabilious
- beat-up
- bedraggled
- bent
- biconcave
- billowing
- black
- bleak
- blob
- bottomward
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- bump
- bunch
- bunching
- burst
- cascading
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- cheerless
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- depressed
- descendant
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- dimpled
- dingy
- dipped
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- disconsolate
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- distention
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- doleful
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- down-at-the-heel
- downcast
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- downhill
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- dragged
- drained
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- droopy
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- excavated
- excess
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- exhausted
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- fading away
- failing
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- fatigued
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- flagging
- flexuous
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- gibbosity
- gloomy
- glum
- going
- gone to seed
- gravitating
- groundward
- growth
- grubby
- hanging
- heavy-hearted
- hollow
- hollowed
- hump
- hung
- hurting
- ill-fitting
- in a bad way
- in the pits
- inclining
- incurvate
- incurvated
- incurved
- indented
- inferior
- intumescence
- irresilient
- jut
- kaput
- lagging
- languid
- languishing
- languorous
- lassitudinous
- lax
- leaden
- lessening
- lethargic
- letting up
- lightening
- limp
- listless
- lolling
- loose
- losing momentum
- low
- low-spirited
- lowering
- lump
- mangy
- melancholy
- messy
- miserable
- moderating
- moody
- mopey
- mopish
- morose
- narrowing
- neglected
- nether
- nodding
- nodulation
- nodule
- old
- out of condition
- out of shape
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- outthrust
- overgrown
- oversize
- pendant
- pendent
- pendulous
- plummeting
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- precipitating
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- promontory
- protrusion
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- punctured
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- relaxed
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- roomy
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- round
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- running down
- rusty
- sac
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- shapeless
- shot down
- shrinking
- shriveling up
- shrunken
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- slack
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- sliding
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- soft
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- spiritless
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- sunken
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- threadbare
- tired
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- to the bottom
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- torn
- tuberosity
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- unshapely
- untidy
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- yielding