| 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: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not engaged in action; inert, lazy |
Synonyms: |
abeyant, asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing, dormant, down, draggy, dull, idle, immobile, in holding pattern, indolent, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, mothballed, motionless, on hold, ossified, out of action, out of commission, out of service, out of work, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused |
Antonyms: |
active, busy, involved, working |
| 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: | supine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive |
Synonyms: |
do-nothing, dormant, dull, idle, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, lethargic, listless, motionless, passive, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggish, unoccupied, unresponsive |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Main Entry: | dilly-dallier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laggard |
Synonyms: |
dallier, dawdler, do-nothing, idler, lagger, lingerer, loafer, loiterer, lounger, poke, slowpoke, straggler |
| Main Entry: | layabout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bum |
Synonyms: |
beachcomber, deadbeat, do-nothing, faineant, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, lazybones, loafer, lounger, malingerer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, shirker, slacker, slouch, slugabed, sluggard, sponger, wanderer, waster, wastrel |
| Main Entry: | lazybones |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bum |
Synonyms: |
beachcomber, deadbeat, do-nothing, faineant, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, layabout, loafer, lounger, malingerer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, shirker, slacker, slouch, slugabed, sluggard, sponger, wanderer, waster, wastrel |