slackness
7 synonyms and 1 antonym for slackness, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The quality of being loose, slow, or lacking effort.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Antonyms
Etymology
This word came from Middle English slacnesse, slakenes, slaknesse, equivalent to slack and -ness. Compare Old English slæcnes.
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