sloth

Other forms of sloth

plural

sloths·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sloth

What does sloth mean?

sloth means "a disinclination to work or exert yourself". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sloth?

sloth has 1 syllable: sloth. In IPA it is /ˈsloʊθ/.

What is another word for sloth?

Close synonyms include slothfulness, tree sloth, laziness, acedia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sloth a common word?

sloth is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.