slob

slob

noun

Definition of SLOB

1

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 sloven

Related Words slattern, slut [chiefly British]

Antonyms neatnik, old maid

2

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 bastard, beast, bleeder [British], blighter [chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, cad, chuff, churl, clown, creep, cretin, crud [slang], crumb [slang], cur, dirtbag [slang], dog, fink, heel, hound, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink, reptile, rotter, schmuck [slang], scum, scumbag [slang], scuzzball [slang], skunk, sleaze, sleazebag [slang], sleazeball [slang], slime, slimeball [slang], slob, snake, so-and-so, sod [chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint, vermin

Related Words barbarian, brute, caveman, Neanderthal, savage; loudmouth, vulgarian; lowlife, miscreant, rascal, rogue, roughneck, scab, scamp, scoundrel, villain, wretch; booby, doofus [slang], fool, jackass, nincompoop, ninny, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, nut, schmo (or schmoe) [slang]; airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, dink [slang], dolt, dope, dork [slang], goon, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, turkey; brat, insolent, nuisance, pest, snip; snob, snoot, snot; dweeb [slang], nerd

Near Antonyms hero, heroine, idol, role model; gentleman, lady; angel, saint

3

a member of the human race <you just know some poor slob is going to get blamed for this mix-up>

Synonyms baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight

Related Words hominid, homo, humanoid; brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor; celebrity, personality, self, somebody

Near Antonyms animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

4

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 everyman, Joe Six-Pack, John Doe, little guy, little man, lug, slob

Related Words commoner, pleb, plebeian, prole, proletarian; everywoman, plain Jane; laborer, peon, worker

Near Antonyms big cheese, big shot, big wheel, big wig, fat cat, mover and shaker, VIP