Standard Lemma guide
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A person who malingers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: goldbrick, one of his majesty's bad bargains, pseudopatient
Antonyms: none provided
noun
someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: skulker, shammer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slacker, shirker
History
From malinger + -er.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
