Synonyms of the word idler


IDLERBUM - DO-NOTHING - LAYABOUT - LOAFER - NONWORKER

idler

  • n. One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.
  • n. One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
  • n. (nautical, dated) Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch.
  • n. A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power, but supports a moving belt…
  • adj. comparative form of idle: more idle.

bum

  • n. The buttocks.
  • n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal, rare, Canada, US) The anus.
  • n. (by metonymy, informal) A person.
  • v. (Britain, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
  • interj. (Britain) An expression of annoyance.
  • n. (Canada, US, colloquial) A homeless person, usually a man.
  • n. (Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory) a hobo.
  • n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
  • n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
  • n. (colloquial) A drinking spree.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial, pejorative) To behave like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.
  • v. (transitive, slang, Britain) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
  • adj. Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
  • adj. Unfair.
  • adj. Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
  • adj. Unpleasant.
  • v. To depress; to make unhappy.
  • n. (dated) A humming noise.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
  • n. (obsolete) A bumbailiff.

do-nothing

  • n. A lazy person.

layabout

  • n. A lazy person.

loafer

  • n. An idle person.
  • n. A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.
  • n. (Western US dialects) A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.

nonworker

  • n. One who does not work.

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