Synonyms of sluggard

sluggard 1 of 2

noun

as in slug

a lazy person

tried to wake up the sluggards who were still sleeping at that late hour

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slug
• snail
• drone
• idler
• lazybones
• loafer
• bum
• slouch
• layabout
• deadbeat
• do-nothing
• couch potato
• good-for-nothing
• slugabed
• delayer
• laggard
• lotus-eater
• shirker
• lingerer
• dawdler
• straggler
• creeper
• crawler
• slowpoke
• loiterer
• slacker
• procrastinator
• goldbrick
• malingerer
• stick-in-the-mud
• clock-watcher
• saunterer
• ne'er-do-well
• putterer
• quitter
• lounger
• dropout
• loller
• dallier

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doer
• hustler
• self-starter
• hummer
• comer
• achiever
• go-getter
• powerhouse
• go-ahead
• highflyer
• live wire
• highflier

sluggard

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adjective

as in slothful

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slothful
• lazy
• indolent
• shiftless
• listless
• apathetic
• sluggardly
• lethargic
• languorous
• slack
• torpid
• sluggish
• ambitionless
• sedentary
• sleepy
• quiescent
• inactive
• inert
• motionless
• resting
• dormant
• static
• inanimate
• lazyish
• dull
• still
• drowsy
• drugged
• dopey
• asleep
• dead
• dopy
• comatose
• somnambulant
• catatonic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• active
• busy
• engaged
• occupied
• working
• vigorous
• industrious
• energetic
• sprightly
• dynamic
• lively
• spirited
• diligent
• kinetic
• vital
• animated
• hardworking
• vivacious
• assiduous
• bouncing
• perky
• peppy
• springy
• zippy
• sedulous