sloth

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
2. (countable, especially, uncountable) Any animal in the suborder Folivora.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any animal in the suborder Folivora.
4. (collective, countable, rare) A group of bears.

Verb

To be idle; to idle (away time).

Synonyms

laziness

idleness

indolence

sluggishness

inactivity

slothfulness

sleuth

tree sloth

slackness

acedia

shiftlessness

slowness

apathy

accidie

torpor

inertia

lazy person

slovenliness

brace

boar

🐗

band

bike

🚲

circle

⭕

gaggle

clamour

cloud

☁️

cluster

clutter

coalition

colony

chowder

bevy

atony

cartload

busyness

bed

🛏️

business

faineance

exaltation

bury

family

👪

field

flabbiness

flight

✈️

flock

flush

battery

🔋

grist

gulp

atonia

Translations

preguiça

Faultier

🦥

bradipo

🦥

paresse

paresseux

pereza

Faulheit

perezoso

luiheid

aï

accidia

🦥

luiaard

Trägheit

pigrizia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sləʊθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: slouthe

Inherited from Old English: slǣwþ

Cognate with Scots: sleuth

In summary

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).