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slouch

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of slouch

a lazy person

Dan is no slouch when it comes to cooking.

Synonyms of slouch

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

Words Related to slouch

bum, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well

crawler, creeper, dawdler, laggard, putterer, slowpoke, snail, stick-in-the-mud, straggler

malingerer, shirker, slacker

dallier, lingerer, loiterer, loller, lounger, saunterer

delayer, procrastinator

Near Antonyms of slouch

achiever, comer, highflier (or highflyer)

live wire, powerhouse

Antonyms of slouch

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

slouch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of slouch

to move slowly

slouched towards the school

Synonyms of slouch

crawl, creak (along), creep, drag, inch, limp, nose, ooze, plod, poke

Words Related to slouch

lumber, shamble, shuffle, tramp, trudge

Near Antonyms of slouch

float, glide, sail

Antonyms of slouch

fly, race, speed, whiz (or whizz), zip

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