Synonyms for sluggish

Translate sluggish to

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'sluggish'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) sluggish, sulky
moving slowly
Synonyms: gloomful, huffish, sulky, dull, glooming, inert, soggy, gloomy, sluggish, torpid, slow
Antonyms: active, fast

2. (adj) dull, slow, sluggish
(of business) not active or brisk
Synonyms: thudding, dim, wearisome, torpid, dense, muted, boring, dumb, leaden, tedious, slow, sluggish, obtuse, deadening, soggy, sulky, tiresome, muffled, ho-hum, irksome, inert, dull, softened
Antonyms: active, fast

3. (adj) inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid
slow and apathetic
Synonyms: miry, waterlogged, dull, torpid, doughy, sloughy, inert, squashy, swampy, sulky, slow, sluggish, neutral, sloppy, marshy, quaggy, mucky, soggy, indifferent, hibernating(a), boggy, muddy, dormant
Antonyms: active, fast

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'sluggish'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. sluggish
Idle in all uses rests upon its root meaning, as derived from the Anglo-Saxon idel, which signifies vain, empty, useless. Idle thus denotes not primarily the absence of action, but vain action-
Synonyms: idle, inactive, inert, slothful, trifling, unoccupied, indolent, lazy, sluggish, unemployed, vacant
Antonyms: active, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, working

'sluggish' - Nearby Entries
slugfest sluggard slugger sluggish sluggishly sluggishness slug

Citation: Add this synonym to your bibliography

MLA Chicago APA

"sluggish." Synonyms.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2012. 11 February. 2012. http://www.synonyms.net/synonym/sluggish

Alternative search options for 'sluggish'

Search for Antonyms for 'sluggish'

Search for Definitions of 'sluggish'

Search for Quotes containing the term 'sluggish'

Search for Phrases containing the term 'sluggish'

Search for Abbreviations containing the term 'sluggish'

Search for 'sluggish' on

What rhymes with 'sluggish'?

NEW:Search for Song lyrics containing the word 'sluggish'