Synonyms of idler

idler

noun

as in slug

a lazy person

the hot weather turned us into a bunch of idlers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slug
• drone
• loafer
• sluggard
• snail
• bum
• layabout
• lazybones
• deadbeat
• slouch
• do-nothing
• couch potato
• delayer
• good-for-nothing
• lotus-eater
• crawler
• slugabed
• creeper
• straggler
• dawdler
• loiterer
• laggard
• lingerer
• shirker
• slowpoke
• goldbrick
• slacker
• malingerer
• dropout
• lounger
• clock-watcher
• stick-in-the-mud
• putterer
• procrastinator
• saunterer
• ne'er-do-well
• loller
• dallier
• quitter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doer
• hustler
• hummer
• comer
• self-starter
• achiever
• go-ahead
• go-getter
• powerhouse
• highflier
• live wire

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of idler

Their name exudes the essence of an idler and slacker, but women’s loafers themselves are quite the opposite. — Gaby Keiderling, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Jan. 2023

This represents the loss of an idea of what the capital should represent, the removal of a place that was an idler’s haven. — Anandi Mishra, The Atlantic, 30 July 2022

If the flaneur is an active idler, the badaud is a stationary, passive one, ready to stare open-mouthed at any phenomenon that offers novelty or puzzlement. — Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022

That these dialogues are a joint project of the WEF and the entitled idler next in line to the British throne is another reminder that democracy is no part of the Davos game. — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 29 Oct. 2020