Another word for layabout

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

• slouch

  1. To sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping posture.
  2. To droop or hang carelessly, as a hat.
  3. To cause to droop; stoop.

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  1. To sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping posture.
  2. To droop or hang carelessly, as a hat.
  3. To cause to droop; stoop.

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• slug

  1. A round bullet larger than buckshot.
  2. A shot of liquor.
  3. An amount of liquid, especially liquor, that is swallowed in one gulp; a swig.

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  1. A round bullet larger than buckshot.
  2. A shot of liquor.
  3. An amount of liquid, especially liquor, that is swallowed in one gulp; a swig.

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• lazybones

  1. A lazy person.

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  1. A lazy person.

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• do-nothing

  1. Offering no initiative for change, especially in politics.
  2. An idle or lazy person.

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  1. Offering no initiative for change, especially in politics.
  2. An idle or lazy person.

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• do-little

  1. A lazy person.

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  1. A lazy person.

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• wastrel

  1. One who wastes, especially one who wastes money; a profligate.
  2. An idler or a loafer.

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  1. One who wastes, especially one who wastes money; a profligate.
  2. An idler or a loafer.

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• sluggard

  1. A slothful person; an idler.
  2. Lazy.

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  1. A slothful person; an idler.
  2. Lazy.

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• slugabed

  1. One inclined to stay in bed out of laziness.

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  1. One inclined to stay in bed out of laziness.

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• no-good

  1. Having no value, use, merit, or virtue.
  2. One that is worthless.

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  1. Having no value, use, merit, or virtue.
  2. One that is worthless.

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• ne'er-do-well

  1. An idle, irresponsible person.

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  1. An idle, irresponsible person.

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• loafer

  1. One who is habitually idle:

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  1. One who is habitually idle:

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• idler

  1. a person who wastes time and does no work; lazy person
  2. a gear placed between two others to transfer motion from one to the other without changing their direction or speed
  3. a pulley riding loosely on a shaft, pressing against a belt to guide it or take up the slack

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  1. a person who wastes time and does no work; lazy person
  2. a gear placed between two others to transfer motion from one to the other without changing their direction or speed
  3. a pulley riding loosely on a shaft, pressing against a belt to guide it or take up the slack

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• good-for-nothing

  1. A person of little worth or usefulness.
  2. Having little worth; useless.

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  1. A person of little worth or usefulness.
  2. Having little worth; useless.

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• fainéant

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• drone

  1. A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.
  2. An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.
  3. A person who does tedious or menial work; a drudge:

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  1. A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.
  2. An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.
  3. A person who does tedious or menial work; a drudge:

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• bum

  1. A tramp; a vagrant.
  2. A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
  3. An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person:

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  1. A tramp; a vagrant.
  2. A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
  3. An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person:

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