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adj
Doing nothing, not taking any action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A lazy person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: idler, bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, dogfucker, do-naught, do-nothing, dosser, idleton, faineant, flaneur, footler, get-nothing, good-for-nothing, goldbricker, goof-off, lallygag, lollygagger, laggard, layabout, lazy ass, lazybones, lazy louse, lidderon, lie-abed, loafer, loiter-sack, lounge lizard, lounger, morepork, ne'er-do-well, poop, ragabash, shirker, skiver, slacker, slob, slow belly, slug, slugabed, slug-a-bed, slugabug, sluggabed, sluggard, sofa spud, tarrier, truant, wasteman, waster, wastrel
Antonyms: doer, agent, dynamo, gunner, self-starter
noun
person who does no work
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: idler, loafer, layabout, bum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nonworker
Narrower terms: clock watcher, couch potato, dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger, dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke, daydreamer, woolgatherer, goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught, lazybones, lie-abed, slugabed, loon, slacker, shirker, sluggard, slug, spiv, sunbather, trifler, whittler
History
Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb, but from the phrase do nothing, which English expresses as a verb phrase containing a complement.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
