sluggard

Meaning

1. A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
2. A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
3. A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.

Synonyms

idler

lazybones

loafer

lazy person

lounger

slug

slacker

layabout

dawdler

lazy

lazy boy girl

dead-beat

drone

idle

laggard

loon

saunter

slob

slothful

lazy fellow

slow-coach

loiterer

bum

dimwit

otiose

poke

rake

reveller

lie-abed

saunterer

shiftless

simpleton

deadhead

slow person

shote

slouch

slow

slowcoach

slowpoke

couch potato

slugabed

sluggish

snail

🐌

stroller

good-for-naught

hooligan

indolent

bay

gulf

good-for-nothing

Translations

fainéant

pigro

paresseux

Faulenzer

flemmard

τεμπέλης

Faulpelz

tembel

fannullone

infingardo

faul

οκνηρός

poltrone

cossard

Tagedieb

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: slogarde

In summary

From Middle English slogarde, probably ultimately of Old Norse origin. Equivalent to slug + -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”).