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deadbeat - 13 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | deadbeat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freeloader |
| Synonyms: | bum, debtor, leech, loafer, parasite, sponge, moocher |
| Main Entry: | delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal, often young |
| Synonyms: | behind, black sheep*, blackguard, culprit, deadbeat*, debtor, derelict, desperado, fallen angel, felon, hoodlum*, juvenile delinquent, lawbreaker, loafer, malefactor, miscreant, offender, outlaw, punk*, recreant, reprobate, sinner, wrongdoer, JD, dawdler, deadhead, defaulter, evader, jailbird, juvie, lounger, neglecter, no show, young offender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | fatigued |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tired |
| Synonyms: | beat*, bedraggled, blasé, bushed*, dead*, done in*, droopy, enervated, exhausted, jaded*, languid, listless, pooped*, prostrate, spent*, wasted*, weary, worn, worn-out, zonked*, all in, burned out, dead-beat, dead-tired, dog-tired, dog-weary, dropping, fagged out, languorous, lassitudinous, out of gas, overtired, played out, ready to drop, tuckered, washed out |
| Antonyms: | alert, keen, lively, vivacious, energized, refreshed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, thing that fails |
| Synonyms: | also-ran*, deadbeat*, defeated, disadvantaged, dud*, failure, flop*, underdog, underprivileged, down-and-outer, flunkee, has-been |
| Antonyms: | success, winner, achiever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parasite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that exists by taking from or depending on another |
| Synonyms: | barnacle, bloodsucker*, deadbeat*, dependent, flunky, freeloader*, groupie*, hanger-on*, idler, leech, sponge*, stooge*, sucker, sycophant, bootlicker, scrounger, taker |
| Antonyms: | blessing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shirker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slacker |
| Synonyms: | bum, deadbeat*, good-for-nothing, idler, loafer, quitter, slouch, avoider, goldbrick, goof-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slacker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shirker |
| Synonyms: | bum, deadbeat*, good-for-nothing, idler, loafer, quitter, slouch, avoider, goldbrick, goof-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sponge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moocher |
| Synonyms: | bum*, deadbeat*, freeloader*, hanger-on, leech*, panhandler, parasite, cadger, scrounger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debtor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | purchaser |
| Synonyms: | account, bankrupt, deadbeat*, risk, borrower, defaulter, mortgagor, welsher |
| Antonyms: | lender, creditor, mortgagee |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beggar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person asking for charity |
| Synonyms: | bum, deadbeat, hobo, mendicant, panhandler, tramp, vagabond, asker, borrower, rustler, scrounger, supplicant, supplicator |
| Main Entry: | failure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not succeed |
| Synonyms: | also-ran*, bankrupt, beat*, bum, castaway, deadbeat, derelict, disappointment, dud*, flop, good-for-nothing*, incompetent, insolvent, loafer, loser, lumpy, nobody, prodigal, washout*, born loser, defaulter, has-been, might-have-been, moocher, no-good, nonperformer, turkey, underachiever |
| Antonyms: | success, achiever |
* = 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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