Good-for-nothing synonyms

go͝od'fər-nŭth'ĭng

Category:

Part of speech:

tramp (related)
The act of tramping; esp., a journey on foot; hike
2
0
wastrel
(Dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
2
0
layabout
A lazy or idle person; a loafer.
1
0
hard worker (antonym)
person who is idle, worthless
1
0
valueless
Of no value or use; worthless
1
0
loafer
(Trademark) A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.
0
0
bum
A vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict
0
0
Advertisement
drone
A low-pitched hum or buzz.
0
0
fainéant
A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity
0
0
idler
A person who wastes time and does no work; lazy person
0
0
ne'er-do-well
A person without a means of support; an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; a good-for-nothing.
0
0
no-good
A worthless or useless person
0
0
slugabed
(Old-fashioned) A lazy person who stays in bed when he or she should be up
0
0
sluggard
A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
0
0
Advertisement
do-little
A lazy person.
0
0
do-nothing
An idle or lazy person.
0
0
lazybones
A lazy person.
0
0
slug
The definition of a slug is a small animal with a soft, smooth and slimy body without a shell that slowly moves using one muscular foot.
0
0
slouch
(Slang) An awkward, lazy, or inept person:
0
0
inutile
Lacking in utility or serviceability; not useful.
0
0
Advertisement
worthless
Not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential.
0
0
no-account
Of no account; worthless; good-for-nothing
0
0
nothing
Insignificant or worthless:
0
0
industrious (related)
A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity
0
0
value (related)
The relative darkness or lightness of a color. Value measures where a color falls on an achromatic scale from white to black.
0
0
good-for-naught
without merit
0
0
meritless
Without merit.
0
0
Advertisement
no-count
(Idiomatic, slang, US) Of no value.
0
0
sorry
(Of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
0
0
goldbrick
(US slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer
0
0
goof off
(US) An idle or work-shy person; a shirker
0
0
ne'er-do-well
an idle worthless person
0
0
work-shy (related)
0
0
dolt (related)
0
0
Advertisement
slothful (related)
0
0
lecherous (related)
0
0
feckless (related)
0
0
Find another word for good-for-nothing. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for good-for-nothing, like: tramp, wastrel, layabout, hard worker, valueless, loafer, bum, drone, fainéant, idler and ne'er-do-well.
Trending topics
5 Awesome Ways to Say Thanks
Could You Pass a Basic English Grammar Test?
Cats Puns
Words With Two Spellings
More Slideshows

Good-for-nothing Sentence Examples

  • " I am not conscious," says he, " of having ever bought a book from a motive of ostentation; every volume, before it was deposited on the shelf, was either read or sufficiently examined "; he also mentions that he soon adopted the tolerating maxim of the elder Pliny, that no book is ever so bad as to be absolutely good for nothing.

  • His manual skill was duly appreciated: "I was a thousand times tempted," he said long afterwards, "to tear up my drawings in disgust at the esteem in which they were held, as if I had been good for nothing better."

  • In one scene, the photographer lashes out at his guest, accusing him of being a lazy good-for-nothing.

More sentences →

Words that mention good-for-nothing in the Dictionary

Words near good-for-nothing in the Thesaurus