| Main Entry: | malinger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evade |
Synonyms: |
dodge, fake, loaf, sham, shirk |
| Main Entry: | dodge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid |
Synonyms: |
circumlocute, dark, deceive, ditch, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, fence, fend off, fudge, get around, get out of, give the slip, hedge, juke, lurch, malinger, move to the side, parry, pussyfoot, put the move on, shake, shake off, shift, shirk, short-circuit, shuffle, sidestep, skip out on, skirt, slide, slip, swerve, tergiversate, tergiverse, trick, turn aside, weasel |
Antonyms: |
confront, encounter, face, meet, stand up to |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move aimlessly |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, aim, amass, amble, be carried along, coast, dance, draw near, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flow, flutter, gad, gallivant*, gather, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, gravitate, hover, kick around, linger, malinger, meander, mosey, muck, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash* |
Antonyms: |
decide, direct, guide, set |
| Main Entry: | loaf |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be idle, lazy |
Synonyms: |
be inactive, be indolent, be slothful, be unoccupied, bum around, bum*, dally, dillydally, dream, drift, evade, fool around, fritter away, goldbrick, hang out*, idle, kill time, knock around, laze, let down, lie, loiter, loll, lounge, lounge around, malinger, not lift a finger, pass time, piddle, relax, saunter, shirk, sit around, slack, slow down, stall, stand around, stroll, take it easy, trifle, twiddle thumbs, vegetate, waste time, while away hours |
Antonyms: |
achieve, do, energize, labor, work hard |
| Main Entry: | pretend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fake, falsify |
Synonyms: |
act, affect, allege, assume, be deceitful, be hypocritical, beguile, bluff, cheat, claim, claim falsely, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, dupe, fake out, feign, fish*, fool, fudge, hoodwink*, impersonate, jazz, jive, lay claim, let on, make out, malinger, masquerade, mislead, pass off, pass oneself off as, profess, purport, put on*, put up a front, sham*, shuck and jive, simulate, stonewall, sucker, whitewash |
| Notes: | portend means to indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future or to foreshadow or to bode; pretend means to make believe with the intent to deceive or to give a false appearance of |
Antonyms: |
tell truth |
| Main Entry: | shirk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid, get out of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
bypass, cheat, creep, dodge, dog*, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fence, get around, goldbrick, lie down on job, lurk, malinger, parry, pussyfoot, quit, shuffle off, shun, sidestep, skulk, slack, slink, slip, slough off, snake, sneak, steal |
Antonyms: |
do, face, meet |
| Main Entry: | goldbrick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | idle |
Synonyms: |
bum, cheat, creep, dodge, dog*, duck, elude, eschew, evade, fence, get around, laze, lie down on job, loaf, loiter, lounge, lurk, malinger, parry, pussyfoot, quit, shirk, shuffle off, shun, sidestep, skulk, slack, slink, slip, slough off |
| Main Entry: | laze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | idle |
Synonyms: |
be inactive, be indolent, be slothful, be unoccupied, bum around, bum*, dally, dillydally, dream, drift, evade, fool around, fritter away, goldbrick, hang out*, kill time, knock around, let down, lie, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, lounge around, malinger, not lift a finger, pass time, piddle, relax, saunter, shirk, sit around, slack, slow down, stall, stand around, stroll, take it easy, trifle, twiddle thumbs, vegetate, waste time, while away hours |