| Main Entry: | shirker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slacker |
Synonyms: |
avoider, bum, deadbeat, goldbrick, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, loafer, quitter, slouch |
| Main Entry: | coward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is scared, easily intimidated |
Synonyms: |
alarmist, baby*, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, craven, cur, dastard, deserter, faint-of-heart, faintheart, fraidy-cat, funk, gutless, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, malingerer, mouse, pessimist, poltroon, quitter, rabbit, recreant, scaredy cat, shirk, shirker, skulker, sneak, weakling, white liver, wimp*, yellow belly, yellow* |
Antonyms: |
aggressor, hero |
| Main Entry: | deserter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fugitive from responsibility |
Synonyms: |
AWOL, absconder, apostate, backslider, betrayer, criminal, defector, delinquent, derelict, escapee, escaper, hookey player, lawbreaker, maroon, no-show, recreant, refugee, renegade, runaway, shirker, slacker, traitor, truant |
| 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: | 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: | malingerer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slacker |
Synonyms: |
dodger, goof-off, idler, loafer, shirker |
| Main Entry: | truant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absentee |
Synonyms: |
delinquent, deserter, draft dodger, hooky player, malingerer, no-show, runaway, shirker |
| Main Entry: | quitter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeatist |
Synonyms: |
deserter, dropout, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof-off, piker, shirker, slacker*, wimp* |
| Main Entry: | quitter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coward |
Synonyms: |
ceder, chicken, deserter, dropout, shirker, slacker |
| 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 |