Definition for Sluggish:

• Indolent or lazy; slothful; slow; inert; inactive.

Synonyms for Sluggish:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • sulky.
  •dense (adjective)
  • slow-witted.
  •dilatory (adjective)
  • neglectful,
  • Snail-like,
  • lax.
  •dull (adjective)
  • dim,
  • benumbed,
  • lethargic,
  • logy,
  • doltish,
  • bovine,
  • blunt,
  • besotted,
  • cloddish,
  • ponderous,
  • apathetic,
  • obtuse,
  • draggy,
  • soporific,
  • stupefied,
  • boorish,
  • loutish.
  •dull, slow-moving (adjective)
  • leaden,
  • sullen,
  • indolent,
  • laid-back,
  • pokey,
  • Mooney,
  • dragging,
  • drippy,
  • sleepyheaded,
  • lifeless,
  • unresponsive,
  • blah,
  • lumpish,
  • inert,
  • stiff.
  •fatigued (adjective)
  • Frazzled,
  • fatigued,
  • run-down,
  • Wayworn,
  • enervated,
  • weary,
  • Flagged,
  • tired,
  • worn-out,
  • exhausted.
  •inactive (adjective)
  • supine.
  •inert (adjective)
  • motionless,
  • insensible,
  • catatonic,
  • still,
  • idle,
  • Reposing,
  • unreactive,
  • immobile,
  • paralytic,
  • inanimate,
  • passive,
  • static,
  • vegetative,
  • stationary.
  •late (adjective)
  • tardy.
  •lethargic (adjective)
  • lackadaisical,
  • drugged,
  • leisurely,
  • drooping,
  • lazy,
  • unhurried.
  •procrastinating (adjective)
  • dilatory.
  •slack (adjective)
  • easy going,
  • slow-moving.
  •slow (adjective)
  • slowpoke,
  • snaillike,
  • gradual,
  • retarded,
  • lingering,
  • slow-paced,
  • plodding,
  • Trudging,
  • slow-footed,
  • Delaying,
  • tortoiselike,
  • crawling,
  • dawdling,
  • unpunctual,
  • Loitering,
  • creeping,
  • poky,
  • slow-going.
  •weak (adjective)
  • Languishing.

• n.

  •
  • off,
  • deliberate.
  •
  • sluggard.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • hebetudinous,
  • Snail-paced.
  •
  • shiftless,
  • stuporous,
  • do-nothing.
  •
  • enthusiastic.
  •
  • soft.
  •morose
  • saturnine.

Paraphrases for Sluggish:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    slow.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    lackluster, stumbling, low, non-performing, lengthy, difficult, embattled, soft, feeble, inactive, lazy, dilatory, slowness, deadlocked, slight, flat, gradual, troubled, protracted, weakened.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    stagnant, lethargic, slow-moving, weak, slack, Stagnating, anemic, lacklustre, cumbersome, depressed, time-consuming, anaemic, morose, ailing, poor, gloomy, glum, tardy, slowly, flagging.

Antonyms for Sluggish:

• adj.

  • dull, slow-moving
    energetic, fast, active, alert, busy, spirited, lively, moving.
  • Other antonyms:
    racing, hurrying, Careering, Rocketing, engaged, Barreling, sedulous, zipping, rushing, scurrying, rushed, meteoric, kinetic, hardworking, hurried, running, quickened, accelerated, employed, scudding, working, scooting, assiduous, occupied, speeding, whirling.

Homophones for Sluggish:

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