slowcoach
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈsloʊˌkoʊtʃ/
- Offensive
- Hurry up, you slowcoach; we'll miss the bus if you take any longer.
Examples
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My friend is such a slowcoach when it comes to finishing his assignments, making us late.
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I can't believe he's still not here; that slowcoach always takes his time to get ready.
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In her mind, I was being a slowcoach, uncaring, etc. etc.
Blog text (31) -
Come on, slowcoach!
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Come on, slowcoach.
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I've asked my husband to introduce us before, but he's such a slowcoach.
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"Grant isn't such a slowcoach as McClellan was, either," Hill persisted.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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7.6
A person who works slowly and avoids effort
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6.8
A person who does things more slowly than other people
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8.6
A person who moves slowly and falls behind others
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8.1
A person who falls behind others because they are slower
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6.5
A person who works slowly and steadily without much energy or imagination
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7.1
A person who moves slowly and wastes time
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7.4
A person who often waits until the last minute to do things
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7.9
A person who delays making decisions on purpose
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9.5
A person who wastes time and does not make decisions or take action
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7.6
Something that slows a movement or a process
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7.0
A person or thing that makes a process slow down
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9.9
A person who often delays doing things or making decisions
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9.9
A person who moves forward very slowly, one small step at a time
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9.7
A person who delays decisions and wastes time
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9.9
A person who delays action to wait for a better moment
A person who wastes time by being slow to act or decide
Antonyms
How Slow
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slowcoach comes from the words slow ('not fast') and coach ('vehicle' or 'bus'). Think of someone compared to a slow bus or carriage that makes others wait, so a slowcoach is a person who moves or acts slowly and delays other people.