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
crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), slow, snail-paced, snaillike, tardy, unhurried
deliberate, measured
inactive, inert, lethargic, loafing, lounging
lingering, loitering, tarrying
ambling, heavy-footed, inching, plodding, shuffling, slow-footed
strolling
decelerating, slowing
filibustering, procrastinating, stalling
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
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
busy, engaged, occupied, working
animated, bouncing, dynamic, energetic, kinetic, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy
assiduous, diligent, hardworking, industrious, sedulous
