slob

noun

ˈsläb 
Definition of slob
1
as in sloven
a dirty or sloppy person a slob of a professor whose office was littered with a decade's worth of notes and student papers

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2
as in jerk
a person whose behavior is offensive to others he's easy enough to get along with when he's not being a loudmouthed slob

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3
as in person
a member of the human race you just know some poor slob is going to get blamed for this mix-up

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4
as in everyman
an average or ordinary man I don't know much about trust funds, as I'm just some poor slob who has to work hard for a living

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Recent Examples of slob How often has Matthau played this character, the lovable slob? — Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025 The slob look just doesn’t work. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025 If traditional sandwiches were greasy and chaotic, the province of children and cartoon slobs, wraps were tidy and sensible, the province of working women with slim hips and pin-straight hair. — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025 Its subsidiary effect, as the journalist Alistair Cooke noted at the time, was to discourage curiosity by the young, creating a regime of cautious slobs. — George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for slob
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slob
  1. jerk
  2. person
  3. everyman
  4. dog
  5. man
  6. worker
  7. clown
  8. guy
Noun
  • In Show Must Go On, the comedian embraces his own compassion by pretending to be a jerk.
    — Britina Cheng, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
  • That screwed up the works / And not due to his sloppy hiring / Of a crew of incompetent jerks.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of jerk
Noun
  • One person died in Jelgava, central Latvia, when part of a building collapsed on Saturday, and others were injured across the country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The person requested anonymity due to the sensitivity in speaking with foreign media.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of person
Noun
  • Its leader, Nigel Farage, has cultivated an image of the everyman who makes campaign stops in the pub.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The new trailer firmly establishes our protagonist, Bryan, as a likable everyman working as a medical delivery driver to bring transplant organs to hospitals.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Definition of everyman
Noun
  • The Perk That Actually Works For years, companies have competed to fill their offices with amenities meant to signal ambition—ping pong tables, nap rooms, office dogs, sprawling lounges.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities are using divers, dogs, sonar and other types of technologies to scour the area for Karen Solomon, Saucier said.
    — Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of dog
Noun
  • In both women and men with class III obesity, defined as a BMI of 40 or higher, there was no statistically significant difference in mortality risk.
    — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Still, the archetypal influencer in our cultural imagination is not a man reviewing watches on YouTube or hosting a podcast from his studio in Austin.
    — Laura Jung, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of man
Noun
  • During the early days of the pandemic, Prem and his team dispatched medical staff to Singapore’s checkpoints for virus screening, as well as to foreign worker dormitories to care for workers who fell ill.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, many of these tech companies, like Microsoft and IBM, have been providing accessible professional certificate programs to workers across the globe in hopes of closing the skills gap.
    — Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of worker
Noun
  • Rather than deescalating, Gabela yelled at Corben, calling him a clown.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Yusef Toubassi sits with his grandson Masa, looking on as children run by with cheeks painted bright colors and others howling with joy as clowns spin them around.
    — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of clown
Noun
  • Always unassuming, sitting in the back of the room — but often the smartest person in the room — Saftler became known as the guy who can predict the future of television, constantly analyzing industry trends to figure out what would come next.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Just ask the guy running around Westwood in a literal bear costume earlier this week.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
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“Slob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slob. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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