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Synonyms for ne'er-do-well

See ne'er-do-well in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun

A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity:

bum1, drone1, fainéant, good-for-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, no-good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel. (Informal) do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug2. (Slang) slouch. See industrious

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