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sluggard

slug·gard
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sluhg-erd]
    • /ˈslʌg ərd/
    • /ˈslʌgəd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sluhg-erd]
    • /ˈslʌg ərd/

Definitions of sluggard word

  • noun sluggard a person who is habitually inactive or lazy. 1
  • adjective sluggard lazy; sluggardly. 1
  • noun sluggard idle person 1
  • noun sluggard a person who is habitually indolent 0
  • adjective sluggard lazy 0
  • noun sluggard a habitually lazy or idle person 0
See all 7 definitions of sluggard

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Origin of sluggard

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
First recorded in 1350-1400, sluggard is from the Middle English word slogarde. See slug1, -ard

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Parts of speech for Sluggard

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Sluggard

sluggard popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for sluggard

noun sluggard

  • beachcomber — A beachcomber is someone who spends their time wandering along beaches looking for things they can use.
  • couch potato — A couch potato is someone who spends most of their time watching television and does not exercise or have any interesting hobbies.
  • dawdler — to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
  • goof-off — a foolish or stupid person.
  • layabout — a lazy or idle person; loafer.

adj sluggard

  • draggy — moving or developing very slowly.
  • faineant — Also, faineant [fey-nee-uh nt] /ˈfeɪ ni ənt/ (Show IPA). idle; indolent.
  • inert — having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active): inert matter.
  • laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
All 13 Synonyms of sluggard

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Related words

  • slug

    a hard blow or hit, especially with a fist or baseball bat.

  • snail

    any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
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