Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sloth

3 senses of sloth

Sense 1
sloth, slothfulness -- (a disinclination to work or exert yourself)
       => reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition -- (a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed")

Sense 2
sloth, tree sloth -- (any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits)
       => edentate -- (primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America)

Sense 3
sloth, laziness, acedia -- (apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins))
       => mortal sin, deadly sin -- (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins")