lotus-eater

lo·tus–eat·er

noun \-ˌē-tər\

Definition of LOTUS-EATER

1

: any of a people in Homer's Odyssey subsisting on the lotus and living in the dreamy indolence it induces

2

: an indolent person

First Known Use of LOTUS-EATER

1832

Related to LOTUS-EATER

Synonyms: couch potato, 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 LOTUS-EATER

parking meter, postage meter, superheater, trick-or-treater, water heater, water meter