indolence

Questions about indolence

What does indolence mean?

indolence means "inactivity resulting from a dislike of work".

How many syllables are in indolence?

indolence has 3 syllables and divides as in-do-lence under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for indolence?

Close synonyms include laziness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indolence a common word?

indolence is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.