work ethic
3 antonyms for work ethic — opposites grouped by meaning.
Noun — A person's attitude to work, and how hard, reliably and conscientiously they apply themselves to it.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
A person's attitude to work, and how hard, reliably and conscientiously they apply themselves to it.
“Her work ethic is the reason she was promoted twice in a year.”
Opposites
2. noun
A shared belief within a culture or organisation that hard work is virtuous and worth doing for its own sake.
“The company's work ethic runs on long hours and little praise.”
Antonyms
How to use work ethic
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
Two words, not one; "workethic" is always wrong. Almost always modified — a strong, poor or relentless work ethic — and a staple of job applications and references, where it risks sounding like filler unless backed by an example.
