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good-for-nothing

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of good-for-nothing

having no ambition, success, or value to society

  • refused to leave anything in his will to his good-for-nothing grandchildren
Synonyms of good-for-nothing

ne'er-do-well, no-account, no-good
Words Related to good-for-nothing

idle, indolent, lazy, shiftless, slothful, unambitious

useless, worthless
Near Antonyms of good-for-nothing

ambitious, diligent, enterprising, industrious

good-for-nothing

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of good-for-nothing

an idle worthless person

  • teacher after teacher had predicted that he would never be more than a good-for-nothing
Synonyms of good-for-nothing

bum, derelict, do-nothing, ne'er-do-well, no-account, no-good, no-goodnik, slacker, vagrant
Words Related to good-for-nothing

hobo, sundowner [Australian], tramp, vagabond

drifter, roamer, transient

beggar, panhandler

dodger, goldbrick, shirker

gamine, ragamuffin, urchin, waif

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

down-and-out (or down-and-outer), indigent, pauper
Near Antonyms of good-for-nothing

success, winner

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