slugabed

slug·abed

noun \ˈslə-gə-ˌbed\

Definition of SLUGABED

: a person who stays in bed after the usual or proper time to get up; broadly : sluggard

Examples of SLUGABED

1. <he's always so busy that he would make anyone look like a slugabed by comparison>

First Known Use of SLUGABED

1592

Related to SLUGABED

Synonyms

couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout, loafer, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, lazybones, sluggard

Antonyms

doer, go-ahead, go-getter, hummer, hustler, rustler, self-starter

Related Words

bum, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well; crawler, creeper, dawdler, laggard, putterer, slowpoke, snail, stick-in-the-mud, straggler; clock-watcher, goldbrick, malingerer, shirker, slacker; dallier, lingerer, loiterer, loller, lounger, saunterer; delayer, procrastinator; dropout, quitter

Near Antonyms

achiever, comer, highflier (or highflyer); live wire, powerhouse

Rhymes with SLUGABED

acidhead, aforesaid, arrowhead, barrelhead, bubblehead, bufflehead, butterhead, chowderhead, chucklehead, colorbred, copperhead, Diamond Head, dragonhead, dunderhead, featherbed, featherhead, fiddlehead, figurehead, fountainhead, get ahead, gingerbread, go-ahead, hammerhead, head-to-head, Holinshed, infrared, Java Head, knucklehead, letterhead, Lizard Head, loggerhead, lowlihead, maidenhead, Marblehead, metalhead, newlywed, overhead, overspread, pinniped, pointy-head, poppyhead, quadruped, riverbed, running head, saddlebred, Saint John's bread, Samoyed, scratch one's head, showerhead, sleepyhead, soda bread, standardbred, straight-ahead, talking head, thoroughbred, thunderhead, timberhead, turn one's head, turtlehead, underbred, watershed, woodenhead