Standard Lemma guide

sloppy

adj · name · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈslɒ.pi/
  • US: /ˈslɑ.pi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒpi
  • homophone: Sloppy
  • CMU ARPABET: S L AA1 P IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Composed of or covered in slop; very wet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Careless, messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: careless, cursory, derelict, heedless, irregardless, irrespective, lash, lax, neglectful, negligent, reckless, regardless, remiss, slack, slapdash, sloppy, slovenly, slipshod, unfaithful

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Imprecise or loose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Characteristic of or resembling AI slop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

marked by great carelessness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a most haphazard system of record keeping
  • slapdash work
  • slipshod spelling
  • sloppy workmanship

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haphazard, slapdash, slipshod

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

excessively or abnormally emotional

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overemotional

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

not fitting closely; hanging loosely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • baggy trousers
  • a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baggy, loose-fitting

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

lacking neatness or order

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a sloppy room
  • sloppy habits

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective satellite

Meaning 10

(of soil) soft and watery

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the ground was boggy under foot
  • a marshy coastline
  • miry roads
  • wet mucky lowland
  • muddy barnyard
  • quaggy terrain
  • the sloughy edge of the pond
  • swampy bayous

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged

Antonyms: none provided

11

adjective satellite

Meaning 11

wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a sloppy floor
  • a sloppy saucer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English *sloppe Middle English *sloppe? English slop Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sloppy From slop + -y.

Across languages

Translations

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кален (kalen) — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Bulgarian: пълен с локви (pǎlen s lokvi) — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Catalan: amarat — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Czech: zablácený — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Czech: rozbředlý — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Czech: mokrý — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Finnish: vetinen — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Finnish: vetelä — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Finnish: juokseva — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Finnish: märkä — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • French: mouillé — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • French: trop liquide — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • German: nass — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • German: klitschnass — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Italian: lordo — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Italian: inzuppato — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Macedonian: мо́кар (mókar) — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Macedonian: ка́шест (kášest) — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Māori: kūrarirari — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Russian: мо́крый (mókryj) — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Russian: сля́котный (sljákotnyj) — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Ukrainian: мо́крий (mókryj) — very wet; covered in or composed of slop
  • Azerbaijani: səhlənkar — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Bulgarian: недоизкусурен (nedoizkusuren) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Bulgarian: немарлив (nemarliv) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Catalan: matusser — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Catalan: bast — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Catalan: desmanegat — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Catalan: potiner — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吊兒郎當 /吊儿郎当 (diàorlàngdàng) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Czech: nepořádný — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Czech: ledabylý — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Czech: nedbalý — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Czech: lajdácký — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Czech: odbytý — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Danish: sjusket — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Dutch: slordig — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Finnish: huolimaton — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Finnish: hutiloitu — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Finnish: kehno — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • French: bâclé — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • French: négligé — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Georgian: დაუდევარი (daudevari) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Georgian: მოუწესრიგებელი (mouc̣esrigebeli) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • German: schlampig — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • German: salopp — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Irish: liobarnach — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Italian: sciatto — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Italian: trascurato — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Italian: negletto — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Japanese: ぐちゃぐちゃ (guchagucha) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Japanese: ずさんな (zusan na) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Japanese: だらしない (darashinai) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Macedonian: неу́реден (neúreden) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Macedonian: не́брежен (nébrežen) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Macedonian: невнима́телен (nevnimátelen) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Macedonian: ра́спуштен (ráspušten) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Māori: hakuhakutai — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Māori: hakirara — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Persian: شلخته (šelaxte) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Plautdietsch: pukjrich — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Polish: niechlujny — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Portuguese: desleixado — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Russian: неря́шливый (nerjášlivyj) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Russian: небре́жный (nebréžnyj) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Russian: неаккура́тный (neakkurátnyj) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Spanish: desprolijo — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Spanish: chapucero — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Swedish: slarvig — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوشك (gevşek) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Ukrainian: неоха́йний (neoxájnyj) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Ukrainian: недба́лий (nedbályj) — messy; not neat, elegant, or careful
  • Bulgarian: небрежен (nebrežen) — imprecise or loose
  • Czech: odbytý — imprecise or loose
  • Czech: lajdácký — imprecise or loose
  • Czech: nedbalý — imprecise or loose
  • Czech: nepřesný — imprecise or loose
  • Finnish: epätarkka — imprecise or loose
  • Finnish: väljä — imprecise or loose
  • French: lâche — imprecise or loose
  • French: large — imprecise or loose
  • French: ample — imprecise or loose
  • German: salopp — imprecise or loose
  • Hungarian: hanyag — imprecise or loose
  • Hungarian: felületes — imprecise or loose
  • Italian: abborracciato — imprecise or loose
  • Italian: approssimativo — imprecise or loose
  • Italian: maccheronico — imprecise or loose
  • Macedonian: сло́боден (slóboden) — imprecise or loose
  • Macedonian: не́брежен (nébrežen) — imprecise or loose
  • Māori: pakirara — imprecise or loose
  • Māori: hakirara — imprecise or loose
  • Māori: hakurara — imprecise or loose
  • Plautdietsch: schlopmetzich — imprecise or loose
  • Russian: свобо́дный (svobódnyj) — imprecise or loose
  • Spanish: pigre — imprecise or loose
  • Spanish: desidioso — imprecise or loose
  • Swedish: slapp — imprecise or loose
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوشك (gevşek) — imprecise or loose