What is another word for sluggard?
Pronunciation:
[ slˈʌɡəd], [ slˈʌɡəd], [ s_l_ˈʌ_ɡ_ə_d]
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Synonyms for Sluggard:
adj.
• fainéant (adjective) • inert (adjective)- dead,
- asleep,
- slumberous,
- apathetic,
- unmoving,
- inactive,
- powerless,
- immobile,
- passive,
- quiescent,
- motionless,
- impotent,
- listless,
- impassive,
- quiet,
- slack,
- dormant,
- leaden,
- inert,
- down,
- paralyzed,
- numb,
- languorous,
- inanimate,
- still,
- static,
- unresponsive,
- stolid,
- torpid,
- unreactive,
- sleepy,
- phlegmatic,
- languid,
- dull.
n.
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- industrious,
- wastrel,
- slouch,
- no-good,
- do-nothing,
- bum.
- layabout,
- laggard,
- Snails,
- good-for-nothing,
- couch potato,
- lazy-bones,
- inactive person,
- do nothing,
- loafer,
- plodder,
- dawdler,
- sofa spud,
- goof off,
- video-gazer,
- goof-offs,
- goof-off,
- lazybones,
- lotuseater,
- lazy person,
- television viewer,
- spongers,
- dawdlers,
- beachcombers,
- shirker,
- drone,
- sluggard,
- beachcomber,
- dilly-dallyers,
- no good,
- lounger,
- idler,
- televiewer,
- dilly-dallyer,
- sponger,
- loungers,
- snail,
- plodders,
- slugabeds,
- slugabed.
Other synonyms:
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- Do-little.
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- idle.
- hummer,
- Weary Willie,
- redundant,
- blink,
- faineant,
- no slouch,
- lubber,
- dallier,
- stiff,
- dodge,
- gradual,
- procrastinator,
- lotus-eater,
- avoid,
- eschew,
- flinch,
- shun,
- futile,
- ponderous,
- slug,
- poke,
- nugatory,
- lie-abed,
- potterer,
- Mopus,
- lax,
- evade,
- easy,
- lag,
- out of work,
- crawler,
- leisurely,
- spiv,
- dawdling,
- Diddler,
- lifeless,
- lingerer,
- prevue,
- bullet,
- doodler,
- crawling,
- hum,
- moper,
- dawdle,
- time waster,
- obstruction,
- punch,
- lackadaisical,
- slow-moving,
- goldbricker,
- feckless,
- plodding,
- useless,
- dolittle,
- monotone,
- Loller,
- careless,
- remiss,
- slow,
- lethargic,
- putterer,
- preview,
- sloucher,
- black sheep,
- Lubbard,
- silly,
- inefficient,
- pointless,
- biff,
- slumberer,
- play,
- sloven,
- Droil,
- clock watcher,
- loon,
- sleeping partner,
- vain,
- lounge lizard,
- tortoise,
- clout,
- lazzarone,
- stagnant,
- dormouse,
- gold brick,
- mulct,
- supine,
- lagging,
- wallop,
- Snail-like,
- creeping,
- lollygagging,
- negligent,
- Pococurante,
- sleepyhead,
- shirk,
- nobble,
- thoughtless,
- indifferent,
- goldbrick,
- stick-in-the-mud,
- trifler,
- hebetudinous,
- vapid,
- slow-paced,
- sloth,
- loiterer,
- ineffectual,
- defraud,
- slowcoach,
- mope,
- marmot,
- truant,
- elude,
- unhurried,
- ineffective,
- lick,
- hindrance,
- frivolous,
- dummy,
- inoperative,
- murmur,
- relaxed,
- straggler,
- bourdon,
- buzz,
- deliberate,
- dillydallier.
How to use "Sluggard" in context?
A sluggard is someone who is lazy and who does not take the time to do what is necessary in order to get things done. A Sluggard can be someone who is not motivated to work hard and can be seen as being disinterested in what they are doing. Sluggards can often take a lot of time to do things and can end up being very slow in completing tasks.
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