sluggard
1 of 2noun
slug·gard ˈslə-gərd 
: a habitually lazy person
sluggard
2 of 2adjective
: sluggardly
sluggardness noun
Synonyms
Noun
- couch potato
- deadbeat
- do-nothing
- drone
- idler
- layabout
- lazybones
- loafer
- lotus-eater
- slouch
- slug
- slugabed
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Example Sentences
Noun tried to wake up the sluggards who were still sleeping at that late hour
Recent Examples on the Web
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 July 2019 Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that. Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017 Slug was – is – a variant on sluggard, which was actually used as a surname for some time, apparently. Ruth Walker, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2017 French workers, whom the British like to dismiss as holiday-hogging sluggards, are more productive than the British. The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017 Moneyshow, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
Noun
Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 July 2019 Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that. Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017 Slug was – is – a variant on sluggard, which was actually used as a surname for some time, apparently. Ruth Walker, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2017 French workers, whom the British like to dismiss as holiday-hogging sluggards, are more productive than the British. The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017 Adjective
The stock really has not done much of anything in the last five years, the stock following a similar sluggard pattern of the company’s revenue line. Moneyshow, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021 Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English sluggart
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
1557, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
sluggard
noun
slug·gard ˈslə-gərd
: a lazy person
sluggards
noun
as in idlers
a lazy person tried to wake up the sluggards who were still sleeping at that late hour Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- idlers
- snails
- layabouts
- slugs
- lazybones
- deadbeats
- loafers
- drones
- slouches
- delayers
- bums
- shirkers
- lotus-eaters
- laggards
- couch potatoes
- slugabeds
- dawdlers
- lingerers
- stragglers
- slowpokes
- good-for-nothings
- do-nothings
- crawlers
- loiterers
- creepers
- procrastinators
- slackers
- clock-watchers
- stick-in-the-muds
- putterers
- lollers
- malingerers
- saunterers
- goldbricks
- ne'er-do-wells
- dalliers
- quitters
- loungers
- dropouts
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- doers
- hustlers
- achievers
- comers
- hummers
- go-getters
- highfliers
- highflyers
- self-starters
- powerhouses
- live wires
- go-aheads