Synonyms of deadbeats

deadbeats

noun

plural of deadbeat

as in slugs

a lazy person

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slugs
• drones
• snails
• layabouts
• bums
• idlers
• sluggards
• loafers
• lazybones
• slouches
• lotus-eaters
• couch potatoes
• delayers
• slugabeds
• do-nothings
• stragglers
• shirkers
• laggards
• crawlers
• lingerers
• dawdlers
• slackers
• good-for-nothings
• creepers
• slowpokes
• loiterers
• malingerers
• goldbricks
• clock-watchers
• procrastinators
• putterers
• ne'er-do-wells
• saunterers
• stick-in-the-muds
• lollers
• dropouts
• quitters
• loungers
• dalliers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hustlers
• doers
• achievers
• comers
• hummers
• self-starters
• go-getters
• highfliers
• powerhouses
• highflyers
• go-aheads
• live wires