Synonyms of slob

slob

noun

ˈsläb 

1

as in sloven

a dirty or sloppy person

a slob of a professor whose office was littered with a decade's worth of notes and student papers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sloven
• slattern

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• old maid
• neatnik

2

as in jerk

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

he's easy enough to get along with when he's not being a loudmouthed slob

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jerk
• bastard
• dog
• clown
• skunk
• idiot
• moron
• joker
• creep
• rat
• boor
• louse
• schmuck
• brat
• swine
• snake
• beast
• lout
• fool
• scumbag
• toad
• vermin
• rotter
• brute
• cad
• heel
• bugger
• stinker
• bounder
• scum
• cretin
• dirtbag
• varmint
• reptile
• cur
• so-and-so
• nuisance
• buzzard
• villain
• blighter
• slime
• crud
• sod
• pill
• sleazebag
• hound
• scuzzball
• churl
• sleazeball
• slimeball
• bleeder
• sleaze
• son of a gun
• fink
• nerd
• crumb
• barbarian
• wretch
• stinkard
• chuff
• savage
• vulgarian
• loudmouth
• scoundrel
• lowlife
• rat fink
• caveman
• dolt
• rascal
• imbecile
• roughneck
• scab
• jackass
• Neanderthal
• miscreant
• snob
• doofus
• rogue
• scamp
• dork
• blockhead
• ninny
• booby
• airhead
• schmo
• snot
• goon
• turkey
• dope
• nincompoop
• pest
• nitwit
• dweeb
• dink
• nut
• nit
• insolent
• half-wit
• snip
• birdbrain
• snoot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hero
• gentleman
• lady
• heroine
• idol
• saint
• role model
• angel

3

as in person

a member of the human race

you just know some poor slob is going to get blamed for this mix-up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• person
• man
• guy
• life
• creature
• thing
• bird
• human
• individual
• fish
• sort
• being
• body
• soul
• duck
• party
• baby
• specimen
• customer
• character
• devil
• human being
• personality
• scout
• bod
• egg
• cookie
• face
• fellow
• mortal
• personage
• wight
• stiff
• head
• son of man
• brother
• self
• homo
• neighbor
• somebody
• celebrity
• hominid
• humanoid
• fellowman

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animal
• beast
• brute
• critter
• beastie

4

as in everyman

an average or ordinary man

I don't know much about trust funds, as I'm just some poor slob who has to work hard for a living

Synonyms & Similar Words

• everyman
• worker
• little man
• man in the street
• little guy
• Joe Blow
• John Doe
• laborer
• lug
• commoner
• prole
• pleb
• proletarian
• plebeian
• Joe Six-Pack
• peon
• everywoman
• plain Jane

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bigwig
• VIP
• big wheel
• fat cat
• mover and shaker
• big cheese
• big shot

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slob

Everything is athleisure and everybody looks like a slob. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026

How often has Matthau played this character, the lovable slob? — Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025

The slob look just doesn’t work. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025

If traditional sandwiches were greasy and chaotic, the province of children and cartoon slobs, wraps were tidy and sensible, the province of working women with slim hips and pin-straight hair. — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025