Synonyms of layabouts

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slugs
• drones
• bums
• snails
• deadbeats
• idlers
• sluggards
• loafers
• lazybones
• slouches
• lotus-eaters
• delayers
• couch potatoes
• slugabeds
• do-nothings
• shirkers
• stragglers
• laggards
• lingerers
• slackers
• loiterers
• dawdlers
• good-for-nothings
• clock-watchers
• crawlers
• slowpokes
• creepers
• malingerers
• procrastinators
• stick-in-the-muds
• goldbricks
• ne'er-do-wells
• putterers
• dropouts
• loungers
• lollers
• saunterers
• quitters
• dalliers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doers
• hustlers
• achievers
• self-starters
• comers
• hummers
• go-getters
• highfliers
• powerhouses
• go-aheads
• live wires

Example Sentences

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