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sluggard

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noun slug·gard \ˈslə-gərd\

Definition of sluggard

  1. :  a habitually lazy person

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Examples of sluggard in a Sentence

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

Origin and Etymology of sluggard

Middle English sluggart

sluggard Synonyms

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

adjective slug·gard

Definition of sluggard

  1. :  sluggardly

sluggardness

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First Known Use of sluggard

1557

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noun slug·gard \ˈslə-gərd\

Definition of sluggard for Students

  1. :  a lazy person

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