Synonyms for idler
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Loafer
loafer, do-nothing, bum, truant, slug, laggard, vagabond, lounger, sluggard, dawdler, slouch, faineant, trifler, footler, wastrel dated, layabout slang informal, drone dated, lounge lizard slang
2. Lazy louse
slacker, lazy bones, slob, shirker, lazy louse slang informal
Other
slug-a-bed, dead beat, couch potato, gold-bricker, carpet knight dated, get-nothing dated
Definitions
- n. 1
One who idles; one who spends their time in inaction.
- n. 2
One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
Related words
- Phrases
- idler wheel
- Is a kind of
- employee person worker
Forms
- Plural
- idlers → loafers, do-nothings, bums, truants…
Example sentences
- vagabond The vagabond, when rich, is called a tourist.
- slacker You're not going to get anything out of this slacker.
By length
- 3 letters
- bum1
- 4 letters
- slug1, slob1
- 5 letters
- drone1
- 6 letters
- slouch1, loafer2, truant2
- 7 letters
- slacker2, lounger, laggard2, wastrel, shirker, dawdler, trifler, footler
- 8 letters
- vagabond3, layabout, sluggard, faineant
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (loafer2 = 2 syllables).