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idler

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of idler

a lazy person

the hot weather turned us into a bunch of idlers

Synonyms of idler

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

Words Related to idler

bum, good-for-nothing, ne'er-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 idler

achiever, comer, highflier (or highflyer)

live wire, powerhouse

Antonyms of idler

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

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