loafer

loaf·er

noun \ˈlō-fər\

Definition of LOAFER

1

: one that loafs : idler

2

: a low step-in shoe

Examples of LOAFER

1. <an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything>

Origin of LOAFER

perhaps short for landloafer, from German Landläufer tramp, from Land + Läufer runner

First Known Use: 1830

Related to LOAFER

Synonyms: couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout, lazybones, 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 LOAFER

chauffeur, gofer, gopher, Ophir