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sloth·ful adjective : inclined to sloth

Synonyms

idle, indolent, lazy, shiftless—more at LAZY

slot machine noun 1 : a machine whose operation is begun by dropping a coin into a slot

2 : a coin-operated gambling machine that pays off according to the matching of symbols on wheels spun by a handle

1slouch noun 1 : a lazy or incompetent person

2 : a loose or drooping gait or posture

Synonyms

drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slug, sluggard—more at LAZYBONES

2slouch verb : to walk, stand, or sit with a slouch : SLUMP

1slough noun 1 : a wet and marshy or muddy place (as a swamp)

2 : a discouraged state of mind

Synonyms

bog, fen, marsh, mire, morass, swamp—more at SWAMP

2slough also sluff noun : something that has been or may be shed or cast off

3slough also sluff verb : to cast off

Synonyms

cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling, jettison, junk, lose, reject, scrap, shed, shuck, throw away, throw out, unload—more at DISCARD

Slo·vak noun 1 : a member of a Slavic people of Slovakia

2 : the language of the Slovaks

— Slovak adjective

— Slo·va·ki·an adjective or noun

slov·en noun [ORIGIN: ME sloveyn slut, rascal, perh. fr. MD slof negligent]

: an untidy person

Slo·vene noun 1 : a member of a Slavic people living largely in Slovenia

2 : the language of the Slovenes

— Slovene adjective

— Slo·ve·nian adjective or noun

slov·en·ly adjective 1 : untidy in dress or person

2 : lazily or carelessly done : SLIPSHOD

Synonyms

dowdy, frowsy, sloppy, unkempt, untidy—more at SLOPPY

1slow adjective 1 a : SLUGGISH

b : dull in mind : STUPID

2 : moving, flowing, or proceeding at less than the usual speed

3 : taking more than the usual time

4 : registering behind the correct time

5 : not lively : BORING

Synonyms

creeping, dilatory, laggard, languid, poky, sluggish, tardy; also deliberate, measured; inactive, inert, lethargic, loafing, lounging; lingering, loitering, tarrying; ambling, inching, plodding, shuffling, strolling; decelerating, slowing; procrastinating, stalling

Antonyms

barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zipping

2slow verb 1 : to make slow : hold back

2 : to go slower

Synonyms

brake, decelerate, hinder, retard; also encumber, hamper, handicap, hobble, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, obstruct, tie up

Antonyms

accelerate, hasten, hurry, quicken, rush, speed (up), step up

3slow adverb : in a slow manner : not quickly, fast, early, rashly, or readily

Synonyms

laggardly, slowly, sluggishly, tardily; also carefully, cautiously, deliberately, purposefully; ploddingly

Antonyms

apace, briskly, fast, full tilt, hastily, quick, quickly, rapidly, speedily, swift, swiftly

slow·ly adverb : in a slow manner : not quickly, fast, early, rashly, or readily

Synonyms

laggardly, slow, sluggishly, tardily—more at SLOW

slow motion noun : motion-picture action photographed so as to appear much slower than normal

— slow–motion adjective

slow·ness noun : the quality or state of being slow

SLR abbreviation single-lens reflex

sludge noun : a slushy mass : OOZE; especially : solid matter produced by sewage treatment processes

Synonyms

mire, muck, mud, ooze, slime, slop, slush—more at MUD

1slug noun 1 : a small mass of metal; especially : BULLET

2 : a metal disk for use (as in a slot machine) in place of a coin

3 : any of numerous wormlike mollusks related to the snails

4 : a quantity of liquor drunk

5 : a habitually lazy person : SLUGGARD

Synonyms

draft, drag, drink, nip, quaff, shot, snort, swallow, swig—more at DRINK

2slug verb slugged; slug·ging : to strike forcibly and heavily

— slug·ger noun

Synonyms

belt, clout, hit, punch, strike, wallop

3slug noun : a heavy blow esp. with the fist

slug·gard noun : a habitually lazy person