Good-for-nothing Synonyms and Antonyms

go͝od'fər-nŭth'ĭng

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Synonyms for Good-for-nothing

bum
A vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict
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wastrel
(Dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
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loafer
(Trademark) A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.
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drone
A low-pitched hum or buzz.
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fainéant
A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity
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idler
A person who wastes time and does no work; lazy person
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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.
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no-good
A worthless or useless person
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slugabed
(Old-fashioned) A lazy person who stays in bed when he or she should be up
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sluggard
A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
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do-little
A lazy person.
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do-nothing
An idle or lazy person.
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lazybones
A lazy person.
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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.
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slouch
(Slang) An awkward, lazy, or inept person:
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inutile
Lacking in utility or serviceability; not useful.
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valueless
Of no value or use; worthless
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worthless
Not having worth and use, without value, inconsequential.
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no-account
Of no account; worthless; good-for-nothing
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nothing
Insignificant or worthless:
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good-for-naught
without merit
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meritless
Without merit.
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no-count
(Idiomatic, slang, US) Of no value.
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sorry
(Of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
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goldbrick
(US slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer
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goof off
(US) An idle or work-shy person; a shirker
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ne'er-do-well
an idle worthless person
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layabout
A lazy or idle person; a loafer.
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Antonyms for Good-for-nothing

hard worker
person who is idle, worthless
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Words Related to Good-for-nothing

tramp
The act of tramping; esp., a journey on foot; hike
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industrious
A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity
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value
The relative darkness or lightness of a color. Value measures where a color falls on an achromatic scale from white to black.
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work-shy
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dolt
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slothful
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lecherous
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feckless
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Good-for-nothing Sentence Examples

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

  • In fact I've never seen such a slovenly bunch of good-for-nothing slackers in all my life!

  • Are not tares a hindrance, sharing the strength of the soil with the good seed, while they themselves are good for nothing?

  • But he's a good-for-nothing lad!

  • If I were not naturally a lazy, idle, good-for-nothing vagabond, I could make it pay me $ 20,000 a year.

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