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synonyms for neer do well

  • beachcomber
  • deadbeat
  • do-nothing
  • good-for-nothing
  • goof-off
  • idler
  • lazybones
  • lounger
  • malingerer
  • ne'er-do-well
  • shirker
  • slacker
  • slouch
  • sluggard
  • sponger
  • wanderer
  • waster
  • wastrel
  • con artist
  • crook
  • rascal
  • swindler
  • villain
  • blackguard
  • charlatan
  • cheat
  • cheater
  • criminal
  • defrauder
  • devil
  • fraud
  • heel
  • hooligan
  • lowlife
  • mischief
  • miscreant
  • monstrosity
  • ne'er-do-well
  • outlaw
  • problem
  • rapscallion
  • reprobate
  • scalawag
  • scamp
  • scoundrel
  • trickster
  • bad egg
  • bad news
  • black sheep
On this page you'll find 200 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to neer do well, such as: beachcomber, deadbeat, do-nothing, good-for-nothing, goof off, and idler.

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              How to use neer do well in a sentence

              To be sure, the neer-do-well is very lively, very pushing, very enterprising in a tte--tte!
              BROTHER JACQUES (NOVELS OF PAUL DE KOCK, VOLUME XVII)CHARLES PAUL DE KOCK
              Bill Berry was a town neer-do-well, who more than once had aided Noddy in his schemes to make trouble for the motor boys.
              THE MOTOR BOYS IN THE CLOUDSCLARENCE YOUNG
              On the other hand, the genuine criminal and also the drunken neer-do-well left no children.
              DARWINISM AND RACE PROGRESSJOHN BERRY HAYCRAFT
              If you dont count yourself of any importance, other people are mighty apt to pass you by as a neer-do-well.
              CORPORAL 'LIGE'S RECRUITJAMES OTIS
              A gambler probably; a neer-do-well certainly; and one to break his mothers heart in the end.
              SHORT STORIES OF THE NEW AMERICAVARIOUS
              Shes doubtless met some neer-do-well unbeknown to Master Ogilvie.
              AINSLEE'S, VOL. 15, NO. 6, JULY 1905VARIOUS
              Howsever, Geordie, whats to be done wi that neer-do-well water-wag-tail thats flown awa to its mother?
              THE ENTAILJOHN GALT
              Would you make the foulks think he listed like a neer-do-well?
              THE HOUSE ON THE MOOR, V. 2/3MRS. OLIPHANT
              You look to me like a genuine neer-do-well; but I dont dislike knaves of your sort.
              THE FLOWER GIRL OF THE CHTEAU D'EAU, V.1 (NOVELS OF PAUL DE KOCK VOLUME XV)CHARLES PAUL DE KOCK
              I am very much afraid that this neer-do-well will ruin my young master.
              THE BASHFUL LOVER (NOVELS OF PAUL DE KOCK VOLUME XIX)CHARLES PAUL DE KOCK
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