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View synonyms for sluggard

sluggard

[ sluhg-erd ]

noun

  1. a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.


adjective

  1. lazy; sluggardly.

sluggard

/ ˈslʌɡəd /

noun

  1. a person who is habitually indolent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. lazy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈsluggardness, noun
  • ˈsluggardliness, noun
  • ˈsluggardly, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sluggard1

First recorded in 1350–1400, sluggard is from the Middle English word slogarde. See slug 1, -ard
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sluggard1

C14 slogarde; related to slug 1
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Example Sentences

These Maruts stir up even the sluggard, even the vagrant, as the gods pleased.

They say that life among artists is rather swift, and I don't think your husband can be called a sluggard.

If you would know a sluggard in the things of heaven, compare him with one that is slothful in the things of this world.

Besides, she had never been so busy before in all her life, and Ruth Fielding was no sluggard.

The soul of the sluggard desireth and hath nothing; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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