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sluggard

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sluggard

a lazy person

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

Synonyms of sluggard

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

Words Related to sluggard

bum, good-for-nothing, neʼer-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 of sluggard

achiever, comer, highflier (or highflyer)

live wire, powerhouse

Antonyms of sluggard

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

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