Unemployment

Synonyms for unemployment
noun economic decline

drop
sag
dislocation
crisis
bankruptcy
bust
downturn

panic
stagnation
crash
slump
failure
inflation
inactivity

recession
slide
slowness
stagflation
overproduction
deflation
retrenchment

paralysis
bear market
bad times
big trouble
bottom out
hard times
rainy days

Antonyms for unemployment

increase
calm
success
cheerfulness
encouragement

happiness
hope
surge
bulge
protuberance

rise
hopefulness
recovery
convexity

Synonyms
noun laziness, inaction

sluggishness
torpidity
lethargy
slouch
truancy
dormancy
slothfulness
loafing
torpor

sloth
leisure
inertia
trifling
inactivity
stupor
shiftlessness
slowness
indolence

laze
dawdling
hibernation
droning
dilly-dallying
goof-off time
joblessness
lazing
loitering

otiosity
own sweet time
pottering
time to burn
time to kill
time-wasting
vegetating
time on one’s hands

Antonyms

vigor
diligence
energy
activity
life

liveliness
action
ambition
busyness
employment

hustle
industry
labor
occupation
work

Synonyms
noun dismissal from job or responsibility

cutback

discharge

respite

early retirement

Antonyms

employment

hiring

Synonyms
noun free time and its activities

recreation
convenience
relaxation
pause
intermission
freedom
ease
vacation

liberty
quiet
retirement
chance
recess
repose
sabbatical
time

range
rest
holiday
opportunity
scope
respite
leave of absence
time off

idle hours
requiescence
spare moments
spare time
vacant hour
one’s own sweet time

Antonyms

continuation
incarceration
restriction

labor
work
imprisonment

difficulty
restraint
employment

Synonyms
noun reversal of action; reduction of business activity

decline
stagnation
collapse
slump
slide

inflation
downturn
bankruptcy
bust
depression

shakeout
deflation
hard times
bad times
big trouble

bottom-out
rainy days

Antonyms

increase
success

inflation
rise

advance

Synonyms
noun inaction

sluggishness
stagnation
lethargy
torpor
dormancy
torpidity
slothfulness
slouch
idleness
sloth

leisure
loafing
shiftlessness
stupor
slowness
truancy
indolence
inertness
inertia
trifling

inoperativeness
laze
dawdling
droning
hibernation
dilly-dallying
goof-off time
joblessness
lazing
loitering

otiosity
own sweet time
pottering
time to burn
time to kill
time-wasting
vegetating
time on one’s hands

Antonyms

vigor
energy

employment
work

Synonyms
noun inaction

sluggishness
torpidity
lethargy
slouch
truancy
dormancy
slothfulness
idleness
loafing
torpor

stagnation
sloth
leisure
inertia
trifling
inactivity
stupor
shiftlessness
slowness
indolence

inoperativeness
laze
dawdling
hibernation
droning
dilly-dallying
goof-off time
joblessness
lazing
loitering

otiosity
own sweet time
pottering
time to burn
time to kill
time-wasting
vegetating
time on one’s hands

Antonyms

vigor
energy
activity

busyness
life
liveliness

employment
work

Synonyms
noun inaction

dormancy
idleness
inactivity
indolence
inertia
inertness
laze
leisure
lethargy
loafing

shiftlessness
sloth
slothfulness
slouch
slowness
sluggishness
stagnation
stupor
torpidity
torpor

trifling
truancy
dawdling
dilly-dallying
droning
goof-off time
hibernation
joblessness
lazing
loitering

otiosity
own sweet time
pottering
time to burn
time to kill
time-wasting
vegetating
time on one’s hands