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shammer

shammer

9.9
A person who pretends to be sick to avoid work
  • noun
translation icon : simulador
  • The manager quickly spotted the shammer who kept calling in sick every Monday.

Examples

  • HR introduced stricter policies to discourage any shammer from exploiting sick leave.

  • It's unfair to genuine employees when a shammer abuses the company's trust.

  • Don't be such a shammer and just get the job done!

  • The boss suspected that he was a shammer trying to avoid work.

  • HR introduced stricter policies to discourage any shammer from exploiting sick leave.

  • It's unfair to genuine employees when a shammer abuses the company's trust.

  • The manager quickly spotted the shammer who kept calling in sick every Monday.

Synonyms

malingerer
vsshammer
  • Formal
2 8.9

A person who pretends to be ill to avoid work

is a more informal label used in casual speech
sickie
vsshammer
  • Slang
1 9.3

A person who pretends to be ill to avoid work

is about avoiding formal duties at work rather than wider responsibilities
simulant
vsshammer
  • Offensive
8.4

A person who pretends to be ill to avoid work

is limited to claiming illness or incapacity rather than injury
skulker
vsshammer
9.1

A person who avoids work by pretending to be ill

is specifically about faking illness to dodge duties rather than general shirking

Antonyms

hard worker
33 1.3

A person who puts a lot of effort into their job or tasks

How Deceptive

fraud
577 4.0
shammer
9.9
pretender
7 7.4
faker
  • Offensive
15 5.2
malingerer
  • Formal
2 8.9

Surface Forms

shammer singular
shammers plural

Morphology

shammer = sham (transparent) = sham + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'sham' + '-er', meaning someone who pretends; meaning follows directly from the base verb.

Etymology

Shammer comes from sham 'fake' and the ending -er which means 'one who'. So a shammer is someone who pretends to be ill to avoid work or duty.