English > do-nothing: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | person who does no work. |
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| Synonyms | idler, loafer, layabout, bum |
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| Narrower | clock watcher | A worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time |
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| couch potato | An idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television) |
| dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger | someone who wastes time |
| dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke | someone who takes more time than necessary |
| daydreamer, woolgatherer | someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming |
| goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught | An idle worthless person |
| lazybones | A lazy person |
| lie-abed, slugabed | A person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour |
| loon | A worthless lazy fellow |
| slacker, shirker | A person who shirks / shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) |
| sluggard, slug | An idle slothful person |
| spiv | A person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes |
| sunbather | someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan |
| trifler | One who behaves lightly or not seriously |
| whittler | someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime) |
| Broader | nonworker | A person who does nothing |
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| Spanish | gandul, haragán, holgazán, ocioso, vago |
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| Catalan | dropo, gandul, mandrós |
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| Adjectives | do-nothing | characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility |
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