SLOUCH Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈslau̇ch

Definition of slouch

as in slug

a lazy person is no slouch when it comes to cooking

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verb

as in to drag

to move slowly slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral

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Recent Examples of slouch

Noun

My go-to is a pair of Aritzia Effortless Pants, sized up for a little bit of slouch. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026 The 29-year-old was no slouch either, racking up 22 goals and 17 assists in 44 games across the Bundesliga and Champions League. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Verb

Sporting a salt-and-pepper beard, Badio appeared frail during Monday’s proceedings, slouching to one side in his wheelchair. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026 Combining three of the season's biggest trends -- slouching, croc embossing and suede -- this boot is sure to grace the feet of the most stylish shoe lovers in the know. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slouch

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slouch

Noun

The iron sights of my new slug barrel came to rest on the target—still more than 60 yards away.

— Don J. Dinndorf, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2026
The Phillies, built on slug and stardom, also began passing the baton.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of slug

Noun

Zellers poured the foundation, and Morrison hired fellow ski bums to do the framing, masonry, and tiling.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Carl Sandburg’s 1927 American Songbag featured a whole section of hobo songs presenting the bum as a beau ideal.

— Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of bum

Verb

This suspect returns back to his car, retrieves his handgun, walks back over to the victim, who’s trying to crawl away with her life, and executes her.

— Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
That’s because the moon began to crawl across it about half an hour ago.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of crawl

Noun

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 493 drones were fired toward the capital.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
Since her 2019 debut, PURGE, which drew from her experiences in the New York and Berlin rave and punk scenes, Chen has been moving toward ever-sharper contrasts between caustic drones and close-mic’d croons.

— James Gui, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of drone

Verb

As the temperature drops and winter dryness inevitably creeps in, this luxe, delectable formula will serve as your skin savior.

— Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 4 Nov. 2026
For months now, so much vitriol crept into our TVs, interrupting the Bears or your favorite college football team with a special message from a super PAC or a partisan looking to score points by smearing their opponents.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of creep

Noun

The tiny snail was first detected in Michigan in 2015 and was previously found in Au Sable, Boardman, Grass, Pere Marquette, Pine and Upper Manistee rivers in Northern Michigan.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
And those kelp forests are—or were—marvels of diversity, providing a shelter for a wild array of ocean creatures from jeweled top sea snails to barrel-bodied harbor seals.

— Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of snail

Verb

Findings of no effect tend to either be shuffled off to low-profile journals or left behind as unpublished lab lore.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
For the most part, this was a second consecutive solid performance by a group that will likely undergo major personnel shuffling all season.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

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