Synonyms for malinger
- verb
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves.
Related words
- Word family
- malingerer malingering
- Is a kind of
- goldbrick shirk
Forms
- Past participle
- malingered
e.g. malingered → shirked, skulked…
Example sentences
- skulk A group of foxes is called a skulk.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| malinger | rising | |
| skulk | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- shirk1, skulk1