loafer
5
5.8
- noun
- /ˈloʊfər/
- Offensive
:
vago
- His legacy will be that of a reprehensible loafer whose intellect was manufactured and whose character is weak.
- lazy loafer
Examples
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The old man's a no good loafer.
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People have said to me: "Eddie, you're a loafer."
Fiction book (1995) -
I had him figured for a lazy loafer from the start too.
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l knew from the beginning that you were a loafer and a goon.
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We have enough loafers to deal with, thank you.
Blog text (20) -
Come on, Courtney, you lazy loafer!
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His father's a loafer.
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You lazy loafer.
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Thus, even a town loafer could afford freshly laundered linen.
Academic text (2002) -
Everyone in the office knows that he's just a lazy loafer who never puts in any effort.
Synonyms
142
7.2
A lazy person who others dislike for not working
33
4.6
A person who avoids work and often does very little
16
7.1
A person who is lazy and does nothing useful
12
7.0
A person who is lazy and does not want to work
9
7.0
A person who avoids work and makes little effort
5
9.9
A person who is lazy, irresponsible, and does not try to succeed
4
7.6
A person who often avoids work and does very little
2
7.0
A person who avoids work and does very little
2
8.6
A person who avoids work and wastes time
1
9.9
A person who often avoids work and is lazy
1
8.0
A person who avoids work or responsibility, often by making excuses
1
9.9
A person who avoids work by pretending to be busy
1
9.6
A person who avoids work by pretending to be busy
1
7.2
A person who avoids work and prefers to rest
1
5.8
A person who often rests and does very little
1
9.9
A person who avoids work and does very little
A person who often misses school or work on purpose
A person who wastes time on small unimportant tasks instead of doing useful work
A person who avoids work or duties by making excuses
A person who is very lazy and not responsible
A person who is lazy and avoids work
A person who is often lazy and late finishing tasks
A person who avoids work by pretending to be ill
A person who avoids work
Antonyms
How Idle
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word loafer for a lazy person comes from the verb to loaf, which means 'to be idle' or 'do nothing'. So a loafer is someone who avoids work.