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noun lo·tus-eat·er \ ˈlō-təs-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

1670

lotus-eater Synonyms

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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