Entry Word: go–getter

Function: noun

Meaning: an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired <a go-getter with his sights set on the presidency>

Synonyms hummer, hustler, live wire, powerhouse, rustler, self-starter

Related Words dasher; doer, enterpriser; he-man

Near Antonyms dawdler, idler, loafer, lounger, putterer, trifler; goldbrick, malingerer, procrastinator, shirker, slacker; drone, lazybones, sluggard; dallier, laggard, lingerer, loiterer, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud; ignorer, ne'er-do-well, neglecter; daydreamer, dreamer; dropout, quitter