slowpoke

Thân thiện

A child is a slowpoke when walking to the park.

Definition

Noun: A person who moves, acts, or works at a slower than average or desired pace; a dawdler.

Usage

The word "slowpoke" is an informal, often mildly critical or teasing term for someone who is not fast. It is commonly used in everyday conversation. - It is typically used as a noun to label a person. - The tone can range from playful teasing among friends to mild annoyance.

Examples

• Noun:
  • Hurry up, you slowpoke! We're going to be late for the movie.
  • I'm always the slowpoke when our group goes hiking.
  • Don't be such a slowpoke; the bus is about to leave.

Advanced Usage

• The term can sometimes be used humorously or affectionately, especially when prefaced with "you" in a familiar context.
  • Come on, you little slowpoke, let's get you to school.

Variants and Related Words

• Slowcoach (Noun): The British English equivalent of "slowpoke," carrying the same meaning and informal tone.
  • He's a bit of a slowcoach in the morning before his coffee.

Synonyms

• Dawdler: Someone who wastes time or lags behind.
• Laggard: A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others.
• Straggler: Someone who falls behind a moving group.
• Sluggard (literary/old-fashioned): A lazy, slow-moving person.

Antonyms

• Speedster: A person who moves or acts very fast.
• Hustler: An energetically fast and busy person.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who moves slowly
   • in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach

Từ đồng nghĩa

• plodder
• stick-in-the-mud
• slowcoach