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Synonyms for layabout

noun bum
  • beachcomber
  • deadbeat
  • do-nothing
  • good-for-nothing
  • goof-off
  • idler
  • lazybones
  • loafer
  • lounger
  • malingerer
  • ne'er-do-well
  • shirker
  • slacker
  • slouch
  • slugabed
  • sluggard
  • sponger
  • wanderer
  • waster
  • wastrel
  • faineant
  • fainéant
  • no-good

Antonyms for layabout

  • hard worker
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to layabout

do-nothing

noun. lazy person

fainéant

noun. idler
  • bum
  • good-for-nothing
  • layabout
  • lazy person
  • loafer
  • ne'er-do-well
  • slacker
  • sluggard
  • wastrel

lazybones

noun. bum
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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