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deadbeat

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of deadbeat

a lazy person

he snapped instructions to the deadbeats who were standing around watching the work pile up

Synonyms of deadbeat

couch potato, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout, lazybones, loafer, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard

Words Related to deadbeat

bum, good-for-nothing, neʼer-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 of deadbeat

achiever, comer, highflier (or highflyer)

live wire, powerhouse

Antonyms of deadbeat

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

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