couch potato

couch potato

noun

Definition of COUCH POTATO

: a lazy and inactive person; especially : one who spends a great deal of time watching television

Examples of COUCH POTATO

1. <a couch potato who refused to budge no matter what needed to be done>

First Known Use of COUCH POTATO

1982

Related to COUCH POTATO

Synonyms: lazybones, deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout, loafer, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard

Antonyms: doer, go-ahead, go-getter, hummer, hustler, rustler, self-starter

Related Words: bum, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well; crawler, creeper, dawdler, laggard, putterer, slowpoke, snail, stick-in-the-mud, straggler; clock-watcher, goldbrick, malingerer, shirker, slacker; dallier, lingerer, loiterer, loller, lounger, saunterer; delayer, procrastinator; dropout, quitter

Near Antonyms: achiever, comer, highflier (or highflyer); live wire, powerhouse

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Rhymes with COUCH POTATO

hot potato, new potato, plum tomato, seed potato, small potato, sweet potato