LOAFERS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

loafers

noun

plural of loafer

as in slugs

a lazy person an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything

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Recent Examples of loafers Add a slim leather belt with a statement buckle and a pair of loafers to bring some of the decade’s signature swagger into your everyday wardrobe. — Georgia Brown, Glamour, 7 Nov. 2026 Sneakers were at the top of the category in 2024, but loafers have exceeded them in volume to represent about one-third of the men’s business. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026 So far, fall 2026 has been filled with sleek, low-profile loafers, leg-lengthening boots, and fresh takes on classic ballet flats, to name a few. — Melony Forcier, InStyle, 4 Nov. 2026 The length is just right for wearing with knee-high boots, cowboy boots, or even loafers with ankle socks. — Abby Hepworth, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2026 His expensive loafers and a Starbucks cup bearing a different name eventually raised suspicions. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, the groom wore a sage green linen suit from Bode with brown Dries Van Noten loafers. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 Combine the ease of clogs and polish of loafers with The Penny Clog, a style that embodies the best of both worlds. — Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Pest control Many common rose pests — including rose slugs, thrips, chilli thrips, and spider mites — pupate in the soil or overwinter in fallen plant debris.

— Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Under Mulch Squash bugs, slugs, snails, and various sorts of grubs prefer cozier hiding places like the thick layers of mulch spread throughout your garden.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of slugs

Noun

Unlike the composer’s typically massive, sprawling drones, these pieces for pipe organ—accompanied by guitarist Stephen O’Malley and cellist Lucy Railton—are finely filigreed miniatures.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
Efforts to rescue people Monday evening were hindered as Russian drones launched additional attacks in the area that had been bombed, according to Mykhailo Semikin, a military official in Zaporizhzhia.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of drones

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In addition to crowding out other species, the DNR says the snails offer fish little nutritional value.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
And those kelp forests are—or were—marvels of diversity, providing a shelter for a wild array of ocean creatures from jeweled top sea snails to barrel-bodied harbor seals.

— Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of snails

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Zellers poured the foundation, and Morrison hired fellow ski bums to do the framing, masonry, and tiling.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Within the often zany and slapstick realm of Bob’s Burgers, Tina still manages to steal the show with her singular voice, romantic fantasies, and obsessions with unicorns and boy bums.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of bums

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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

Definition of layabouts

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In the film Rap World (which Bensinger also edited), Bensinger, O’Malley, and Rahill play suburban deadbeats eager to make an album, each man waylaid by his own hubris and distractions.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 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 B. Summers, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026

Definition of deadbeats

Noun

But the Bears’ defense are no slouches either, coming into the game ninth in yards allowed and points allowed.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
The Indians are no slouches on the defensive side either with Sedrick Marsh (Kansas State), linebacker Carmelo Clawson and safety JayQuan Snell (Texas A&M).

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026

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