slacker

Examples

• All

• Anyone in NASA who refused her turn in the public relations barrel was a slacker who did real harm.

  Fiction book (1990)

• If you work for a bank and your boss is a slacker, it doesn't make you want to work harder.

  Academic text (2006)

• All right, back to work, slacker, come on.

  North Country (2005)

• You don't want to be a slacker.

  To Save a Life (2009)

• Most people think she's a slacker.

  Elektra (2005)

• I just want you to know, I'm not blowing it off 'cause I'm a slacker.

  Prom (2011)

• I wanted to meet a few of those slackers and ask them why they had neglected their civic duty.

  Academic text (2010)

• And so he invited these two slackers, Bill Gates and Bono, to join us for dinner.

• "Most of us aren't slackers," said Ratliff, who earns about $25,000 a year.

  Blog text (12)

• Many employers are reluctant to hire a slacker who avoids responsibilities.

Synonyms

D

dodger

vsslacker

20 7.9

A person who avoids duties and rules by lying or tricking others

emphasizes everyday laziness or habit rather than clever or dishonest evasion

S

slug

vsslacker

• Offensive

12 7.0

A person who is lazy and does not want to work

is more focused on evasion tactics and deliberate avoiding rather than general laziness

D

do-nothing

vsslacker

• Offensive

9 7.0

A person who avoids work and makes little effort

covers habitual evasion but may include partial avoidance rather than total inaction

L

loafer

vsslacker

• Offensive

5 5.8

A person who avoids work and does very little

is used for people who deliberately avoid responsibilities, not only idle pleasure

L

layabout

vsslacker

• Offensive

4 7.6

A person who often avoids work and does very little

can mean avoiding duties sometimes rather than long continuous idleness

I

idler

vsslacker

• Offensive

2 7.0

A person who avoids work and does very little

focuses on evading duties actively or by excuse, not just inactivity

G

goof-off

vsslacker

• Informal

2 8.6

A person who avoids work and wastes time

often indicates a casual, repeated laziness rather than deliberate duty evasion

S

shirker

vsslacker

1 8.0

A person who avoids work or responsibility, often by making excuses

is often habitually lazy rather than only deliberately refusing duties

G

goldbricker

vsslacker

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who avoids work by pretending to be busy

avoids work more through laziness or habit than by clever deception

G

goldbrick

vsslacker

• Offensive

1 9.6

A person who avoids work by pretending to be busy

covers similar evasion but also includes general habitual laziness without pretending

L

lazybones

vsslacker

• Offensive

1 7.2

A person who avoids work and prefers to rest

is more neutral or serious, describing repeated avoidance and evasion of duties

L

lounger

vsslacker

1 5.8

A person who often rests and does very little

implies active duty avoidance or evasion rather than passive resting

B

bludger

vsslacker

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who avoids work and does very little

is the neutral descriptor for habitual avoidance without necessarily slangy tone

S

scrimshanker

vsslacker

• Offensive

9.9

A person who avoids work

is used more broadly for habitual laziness, not only deliberate excuse making

N

no-good slacker

vsslacker

• Offensive

8.4

A person who is very lazy and not responsible

is milder in severity, naming habitual avoidance rather than utter worthlessness

S

skulker

vsslacker

9.1

A person who avoids work by pretending to be ill

is more a general, open laziness, not necessarily hidden avoidance or feigning

D

ditcher

vsslacker

• Informal

7.2

A person who often misses school or work on purpose

is broader, covering ongoing habit rather than occasional skipping of tasks

P

piddler

vsslacker

• Informal

9.7

A person who wastes time on small unimportant tasks instead of doing useful work

avoids work more by general laziness rather than merely doing unimportant tasks

T

todger dodger

vsslacker

• Offensive

9.9

A person who avoids work or duties by making excuses

is the regular, neutral term for habitual avoidance without colloquial tone

L

lusk

vsslacker

• Offensive

9.9

A person who is lazy and avoids work

is the standard modern term for habitual avoidance and evasion of duties

Antonyms

H

hard worker

33 1.3

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

Compounds

N

no-good slacker

• Offensive

8.4

A person who is very lazy and not responsible

How Lazy

shirker

1 8.0

slacker

• Offensive

33 4.6

loafer

• Offensive

5 5.8

worker

600 1.0

hard worker

33 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology