Synonyms of sloth

sloth

noun

ˈslȯth 

as in inertia

an inclination not to do work or engage in activities

a youth inclined more toward sloth than athletics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inertia
• indolence
• laziness
• shiftlessness
• idleness
• lethargy
• apathy
• languor
• lassitude
• supineness
• sluggishness
• loafing
• lounging
• lolling
• listlessness
• goldbricking
• dallying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• industry
• industriousness
• drive
• ambition
• initiative
• enterprise
• diligence
• hustle
• perseverance
• go
• energy
• assiduity
• vigor
• animation
• exuberance
• vitality
• vivacity
• liveliness
• vim
• pep
• briskness
• sprightliness
• robustness
• assiduousness
• vibrancy
• lustiness
• peppiness
• jazziness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of sloth

This allows her team to analyze when the sloth osteoderms were likely modified. —Christina Larson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024

This illustration provided by researchers depicts a person carving an osteoderm from a giant sloth in Brazil about 25,000 to 27,000 years ago. —CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024

Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Other than the sloth, whose smile is pretty much permanently attached, the non-human animal most associated with smiling is the bottlenose dolphin. —Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024

Even though the sloth ended up in a place it wasn't supposed to be, it was swiftly returned to its home. —Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024