layabouts

noun

plural of layabout
as in slugs
a lazy person she regretted ever asking that layabout to be her roommate, as he created the mess of two people and refused to help with anything

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Recent Examples of layabouts And typically, Wegmann added, those units are occupied by productive, working adults, not layabouts or career criminals leeching off the system, as the old narrative goes. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Mar. 2026 As the story begins, Mary and Boo are neighbors, unemployed millennial layabouts who rarely leave their rooms. — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026 Not surprisingly, some colonists preferred to be layabouts. — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for layabouts
  1. slugs
  2. drones
  3. bums
  4. snails
  5. deadbeats
  6. loafers
Noun
  • Larger pests, like slugs, are best controlled with hand-picking or by companion planting petunias with plants that naturally deter pests.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
  • There are over 2,000 species of terrestrial and marine slugs (including nudibranchs, sea hares, and the out-of-this-world Elysia chlorotica).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026
Definition of slugs
Noun
  • Russia last week banned diesel exports after Ukrainian drones continued to bombard Russian refineries.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • The Ukrainian videos showing the strikes from the drones’ perspective typically cut off at the moment of impact.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
Definition of drones
Noun
  • The Coliseum stayed in business for 500 years, bums in seats twice a week, watching people hack each other to death.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • History buffs, avid hikers, music lovers, wine aficionados, and beach bums will all find a town to love in the Old Dominion.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
Definition of bums
Noun
  • In Connecticut, diamondback terrapins live in saltmarsh habitats and consume coffee bean snails, which if left unchecked would consume all the grass in the saltmarsh.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • Pest Control with Cardboard Slugs and snails are drawn to cool, damp cardboard.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 10 July 2026
Definition of snails
Noun
  • Housing prices and rents are inflated by restrictive zoning laws, union work and pay scale mandates, excessive building codes and environmental requirements, litigation and planning process delays, anti-landlord policies that favor deadbeats and squatters, and the list goes on.
    — Adam B. Summers, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Housing prices and rents are inflated by restrictive zoning laws, union work and pay scale mandates, excessive building codes and environmental requirements, litigation and planning process delays, anti-landlord policies that favor deadbeats and squatters, and the list goes on.
    — Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of deadbeats
Noun
  • Below, browse through lots of loafers fit for easy summer dressing and well beyond.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 7 July 2026
  • Her leather loafers look so similar to this version from Quince, which have a classic silhouette that can be worn to the office, brunch, or night out.
    — Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of loafers

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“Layabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layabouts. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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