| Main Entry: | black sheep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgraceful person |
Synonyms: |
ne'er-do-well, outcast, pariah, prodigal, reject, reprobate |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | rogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who deceives, swindles |
Synonyms: |
bad egg, bad news, black sheep, blackguard, charlatan, cheat, cheater, con artist, criminal, crook, defrauder, devil, fraud, heel, hooligan*, lowlife, mischief, miscreant, monstrosity, ne'er-do-well, outlaw, problem*, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, swindler, trickster, villain |
| Main Entry: | scoundrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is deceptive and |
Synonyms: |
bad news, black sheep, blackguard, caitiff, cheat, creep, crook, dastard, good-for-nothing, heel, imp, incorrigible, lowlife, maggot, mischiefmaker, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, thief, uncaring of others bad egg, vagabond, villain, wretch |
| Main Entry: | ne'er-do-well |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bum |
Synonyms: |
idler, incompetent, loafer, loser, shiftless, wastrel, worthless |
| Main Entry: | fainéant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idler |
Synonyms: |
bum, good-for-nothing, layabout, lazy person, loafer, ne'er-do-well, slacker, sluggard, wastrel |
| 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 |