| 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 |
| Main Entry: | cur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rotten, lowly animate being |
Synonyms: |
black sheep, blackguard, bum, cad, coward, dog*, good-for-nothing, heel, hound, ne'er-do-well, rat, riffraff, scoundrel, scum*, skunk, snake*, stinker, toad, villain, worm, wretch, yellow dog |
| 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: | feckless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without purpose |
Synonyms: |
aimless, carefree, careless, feeble, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, hopeless, incautious, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, irresponsible, meaningless, reckless, shiftless, uncareful, useless, weak, wild, worthless |
| Notes: | feckless means ineffective or having no real worth or purpose; reckless means marked by unthinking boldness or with defiant disregard for danger or consequences |
Antonyms: |
competent, effective, effectual, efficient, purposeful, responsible, strong, useful |
| Main Entry: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, second-rate |
Synonyms: |
average, bad, base, common, déclassé, fair, good-for-nothing, hack*, imperfect, indifferent, junk*, lemon, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mean, mediocre, middling, ordinary, paltry, poorer, sad, second-class, sorry*, substandard, tawdry, two-bit, worse, wretched |
| 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: | meaningless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without use, value, worth |
Synonyms: |
absurd, aimless, blank, doesn't cut it, double-talk, doublespeak, empty, feckless, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, hollow, hot air, inane, inconsequential, insignificant, insubstantial, nonsensical, nothing, nugatory, pointless, purportless, purposeless, senseless, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unmeaning, unpurposed, useless, vacant, vague, vain, valueless, vapid, worthless |
Antonyms: |
meaningful, significant, useful, valuable, worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | ne' er-do-well |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irresponsible person |
Synonyms: |
bum*, good-for-nothing, idler, lazybones, loafer, sloucher, wastrel |
| Main Entry: | profligate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is immoral |
Synonyms: |
debauchee, degenerate, dissipater, good-for-nothing, lecher, libertine, nighthawk, no-good, old goat, operator, prodigal, rake, reprobate, roué, swinger, waster, wastrel |