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bum - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | bum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
| Synonyms: | black sheep*, derelict, drifter, hobo, stiff*, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant, bindle, floater, gutterpup, guttersnipe |
| Notes: | a hobo is a migratory worker who likes to travel, a tramp travels without working, and a bum does not travel or work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | animal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animate being; mammal |
| Synonyms: | beast, being, brute, bum*, creature, mutt*, pet, stray, critter, invertebrate, living thing, varmint, vertebrate, wild thing |
| Antonyms: | plant, mineral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | counterfeit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fake, forgery |
| Synonyms: | actor, bogus*, bum, copy, deceit, deception, dummy, facsimile, fraud, gyp, hoax, humbug, imitation, imposture, phony, pseudo, reproduction, sell*, sham, junque, put-on, simulacrum |
| Antonyms: | reality, real thing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deadbeat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freeloader |
| Synonyms: | bum, debtor, leech, loafer, parasite, sponge, moocher |
| Main Entry: | deceptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, bum*, catchy, crafty, cunning, deceitful, delusive, designing, disingenuous, fake, fallacious, false, fishy, foxy, fraudulent, illusory, indirect, insidious, lying, misleading, mock, oblique, off*, phony, plausible, rascal, roguish, scheming, seeming, serpentine, shifty, slick, slippery, sly, sneaky, snide, specious, spurious, subtle, treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, underhand, underhanded, unreliable, wily, astucious, beguiling, deceiving, deluding, delusory, imposturous |
| Antonyms: | forthright, frank, honest, open, truthful, upright |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | derelict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destitute or down-and-out person |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bum, castaway, dawdler, drifter, floater, grifter, hobo, ne'er-do-well, outcast, renegade, skidrow bum, stiff, stumblebum, tramp, vagabond, vagrant |
| Main Entry: | do-nothing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lazy person |
| Synonyms: | bum, couch potato*, couch potato, deadbeat, good-for-nothing, idler, laggard, loafer, malingerer, shirker, slacker, sloth, clock watcher, goof-off, goof-off, layabout, lazy person, lazybones, lotus eater, lounger, moocher, sponger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enthusiast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person active in interest |
| Synonyms: | addict, admirer, aficionado, believer, buff, bug*, bum*, devotee, eccentric, fan, fanatic, follower, freak, habitué, lover, maniac, nut*, optimist, participant, partisan, supporter, votary, worshiper, zealot, monomaniac, rooter |
| Antonyms: | critic, detractor, pessimist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good-for-nothing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is idle, worthless |
| Synonyms: | bad lot, black sheep*, bum, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, profligate, rapscallion, scalawag, scamp, tramp, vagabond, waster, wastrel |
| Antonyms: | hard worker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hobo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homeless person |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bum, derelict, drifter, migrant worker, street person, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, wino |
| Main Entry: | hum |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buzz, vibrate |
| Synonyms: | bum, bumble, croon, drone, moan, mumble, murmur, purr, rustle, sing, sound, strum, throb, trill, warble, whir, whisper, zoom, bombilate, bombinate, sing low, thrum |
| Main Entry: | leech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parasite |
| Synonyms: | barnacle, bloodsucker*, bum*, freeloader, sponge*, sycophant, scrounger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loaf |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be idle, lazy |
| Synonyms: | bum*, dally, dillydally*, dream, drift, evade, fool around*, idle, kill time*, let down, lie, loiter, loll, lounge, malinger, relax, saunter, shirk, slack, stall, stroll, trifle, vegetate, waste time, be inactive, be indolent, be slothful, be unoccupied, bum around, fritter away, goldbrick, hang out*, knock around, laze, lounge around, not lift a finger, pass time, piddle, sit around, slow down, stand around, take it easy, twiddle thumbs, while away hours |
| Antonyms: | achieve, do, energize, labor, work hard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay sprawled |
| Synonyms: | bum, dangle, dawdle, droop, drop, flap, flop, goof off, hang, idle, lean, loaf, loiter, lounge, recline, relax, rest, sag, slouch, slump, sprawl, hang loose, laze |
| Antonyms: | sit up straight |
| Main Entry: | lounge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie about, waste time |
| Synonyms: | bum*, dawdle, goof off*, idle, kill time*, loaf, loiter, loll*, recline, relax, repose, saunter, sprawl, fritter away, goldbrick, laze, pass time, take it easy |
| Antonyms: | do, hustle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mooch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cadge |
| Synonyms: | beg, borrow, bum*, scrounge, sponge, bumoff, freeload, leach off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ne' er-do-well |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irresponsible person |
| Synonyms: | bum*, good-for-nothing, idler, loafer, wastrel, lazybones, sloucher |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nuisance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance; annoying person |
| Synonyms: | blister, bore, bother, bum*, creep, drag*, drip*, exasperation, frump, gadfly, headache*, inconvenience, infliction, insect*, irritant, irritation, louse, nag*, nudge*, offense, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, pester, pill*, plague, problem, terror, trouble, vexation, besetment, botheration, botherment, pesterer, poor excuse |
| Antonyms: | delight, happiness, pleasantry, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outcast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unwanted, not accepted |
| Synonyms: | bum*, castaway, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, gypsy, hobo*, persona non grata*, rascal, refugee, reprobate, tramp, untouchable, vagabond, vagrant, wretch, deportee |
| Antonyms: | favorite, friend, idol |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | panhandle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg |
| Synonyms: | ask alms, bum*, cadge*, freeload*, hit up, hold out one's hand, hustle, live hand to mouth, mooch*, pass the hat, scrounge, solicit charity, sponge* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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