Synonyms of loafer

loafer

noun

ˈlō-fər 

as in slug

a lazy person

an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of loafer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Shopping Including Taylor Swift’s loafers and off-the-shoulder top. —Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2024

The cap and oversized jacket makes the outfit more casual, with the loafers dressing it up a little more! —Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024

With Frehley squeezed into a pair of Gruen’s loafers and Simmons shoved into Gruen’s ex-wife’s clogs, the band ventured through the New York subway system. —Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024

Her fiancé and the star of her film, Tatum, 44, walked the red carpet by her side in a black suit, white button down, a white pocket square, and black leather loafers. —Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024