| NOUN | person | shirker, slacker | a person who shirks / shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) |
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| Meaning | A person who shirks / shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime). | |
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| Synonym | slacker | |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Narrower | goldbrick | A soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort |
| malingerer, skulker, shammer | someone shirking / shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity | |
| scrimshanker | A shirker | |
| Broader | idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum | person who does no work |
| Spanish | gandul, haragán, holgazán, maula, remolón, vago, zángano | |
| Catalan | desaplicat, gandul, malfeiner, manta, sorn | |
| Verbs | shirk | avoid (one's assigned duties) |
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