| Main Entry: | deadbeat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freeloader |
Synonyms: |
bum, debtor, leech, loafer, moocher, parasite, sponge |
| Main Entry: | beggar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person asking for charity |
Synonyms: |
asker, borrower, bum, deadbeat, hobo, mendicant, panhandler, rustler, scrounger, supplicant, supplicator, tramp, vagabond |
| Main Entry: | delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal, often young |
Synonyms: |
JD, behind, black sheep, blackguard, culprit, dawdler, deadbeat, deadhead, debtor, defaulter, derelict, desperado, evader, fallen angel, felon, hoodlum, jailbird, juvenile delinquent, juvie, lawbreaker, loafer, lounger, malefactor, miscreant, neglecter, no show, offender, outlaw, punk*, recreant, reprobate, sinner, wrongdoer, young offender |
| Main Entry: | do-nothing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lazy person |
Synonyms: |
bum, clock watcher, couch potato, couch potato, deadbeat, good-for-nothing, goof-off, goof-off, idler, laggard, layabout, lazy person, lazybones, loafer, lotus eater, lounger, malingerer, moocher, shirker, slacker, sloth, sponger |
| Main Entry: | failure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not succeed |
Synonyms: |
also-ran, bankrupt, beat*, born loser, bum, castaway, deadbeat, defaulter, derelict, disappointment, dud, flop, good-for-nothing, has-been, incompetent, insolvent, loafer, loser, lumpy, might-have-been, moocher, no-good, nobody, nonperformer, prodigal, turkey, underachiever, washout |
Antonyms: |
achiever, success |
| Main Entry: | fatigued |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tired |
Synonyms: |
all in, beat*, bedraggled, blasé, burned out, bushed, dead*, dead-beat, dead-tired, dog-tired, dog-weary, done in, droopy, dropping, enervated, exhausted, fagged out, jaded*, languid, languorous, lassitudinous, listless, out of gas, overtired, played out, pooped, prostrate, ready to drop, spent*, tuckered, washed out, wasted*, weary, worn, worn-out, zonked |
Antonyms: |
alert, energized, keen, lively, refreshed, vivacious |
| Main Entry: | loafer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is idle, lazy |
Synonyms: |
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 |
Antonyms: |
hard worker |
| Main Entry: | loser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, thing that fails |
Synonyms: |
also-ran, deadbeat, defeated, disadvantaged, down-and-outer, dud, failure, flop, flunkee, has-been, underdog, underprivileged |
Antonyms: |
achiever, success, winner |
| Main Entry: | parasite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that exists by taking from or depending on another |
Synonyms: |
barnacle, bloodsucker, bootlicker, deadbeat, dependent, flunky, freeloader, groupie, hanger-on, idler, leech, scrounger, sponge, stooge, sucker, sycophant, taker |
Antonyms: |
blessing |
| Main Entry: | shirker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slacker |
Synonyms: |
avoider, bum, deadbeat, goldbrick, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, loafer, quitter, slouch |