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sluggish

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of sluggish

1 moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed

  • the sluggish pace of the project is worrisome
Synonyms of sluggish

crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), slow, snail-paced, snaillike, tardy, unhurried
Words Related to sluggish

deliberate, measured

inactive, inert, lethargic, loafing, lounging

lingering, loitering, tarrying

ambling, heavy-footed, inching, plodding, shuffling, slow-footed

strolling

decelerating, slowing

filibustering, procrastinating, stalling
Near Antonyms of sluggish

expeditious, prompt, ready

accelerated, hastened, quickened

hurried, rushed
Antonyms of sluggish

barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, warp-speed, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zipping

2 slow to move or act

  • reptiles are naturally sluggish at low temperatures
Synonyms of sluggish

dull, inactive, inert, lethargic, quiescent, sleepy, torpid
Words Related to sluggish

ambitionless, apathetic, indolent, languorous, lazy, lazyish, listless, shiftless, slack, slothful, sluggard, sluggardly

dormant, inanimate, motionless, resting, sedentary, static, still

dead

dopey (also dopy), drugged

asleep, drowsy, somnambulant

catatonic, comatose
Near Antonyms of sluggish

busy, engaged, occupied, working

animated, bouncing, dynamic, energetic, kinetic, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy

assiduous, diligent, hardworking, industrious, sedulous
Antonyms of sluggish

active

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