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do-nothing

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1 a lazy person

The new boss quickly figured out who the do-nothings were and fired them.

Synonyms of do-nothing

couch potato, deadbeat, drone, idler, layabout, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard

Words Related to do-nothing

bum, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well

crawler, creeper, dawdler, laggard, putterer, slowpoke, snail, stick-in-the-mud, straggler

malingerer, shirker, slacker

dallier, lingerer, loiterer, loller, lounger, saunterer

delayer, procrastinator

Near Antonyms of do-nothing

achiever, comer, highflier (or highflyer)

live wire, powerhouse

Antonyms of do-nothing

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

2 an idle worthless person

He indiscriminately dismisses the state legislators as a bunch of do-nothings who live at the taxpayers' expense.

Synonyms of do-nothing

bum, derelict, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, no-account, no-good, slacker

Words Related to do-nothing

hobo, tramp, vagabond

drifter, roamer, transient

beggar, panhandler

dodger, goldbrick, shirker

drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard

down-and-out (or down-and-outer), indigent, pauper

Near Antonyms of do-nothing

success, winner

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