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 The wide-leg silhouette works with sneakers for casual outings like sightseeing and loafers for dressier occasions. — Aashna Gheewalla, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026 Vionic’s office-friendly shoes, including loafers, flats, and sneakers, are on sale at Amazon. — Cheryl Wagemann, InStyle, 25 July 2026 Heeled loafers Loafers with a heel of any height is a grandma shoe with a lot of versatility. — Alex Sales, Glamour, 24 July 2026 Final Word While an airport can be a place to see and be seen by many people in a short period of time, a travel day is not the best time to rock your favorite pair of combat boots, dressy loafers, or stilettos. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026 Indeed, the movie opens with Ed quizzing an older Greek man he’s befriended on the Belgian designer Ann Demeulemeester, before berating him for confusing his Bottega Veneta loafers for Sebago. — CNN Money, 17 July 2026

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Noun

Baking soda can help prevent powdery mildew, kill weeds, repel slugs, and clean produce, but must be used sparingly.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
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

Definition of slugs

Noun

Jordanian territory has come under attack by Iranian drones and missiles almost daily since the conflict between Iran and the United States flared up again nearly two weeks ago.

— Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Moscow launched one of its biggest ballistic missile attacks against the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, while drones from Ukraine delivered one of their deadliest strikes on Russia in over two years.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 20 July 2026

Definition of drones

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The lubricating substance allows snails to stick to the ground more easily and travel more smoothly.

— Laura Dorwart, Health, 22 July 2026
But SpongeBob is just as unambiguously heroic as Damon’s Odysseus is (even if our favorite burger-flipping tamer of snails requires a gift from a certain daughter of a goddess to find his courage).

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 July 2026

Definition of snails

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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

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

Noun

France, who are aiming to reach their third successive World Cup final, are among the tournament favourites, and Senegal (current African champions, on the pitch at least) are no slouches either.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 9 June 2026
And that's not to imply that Demidov and Sennecke were slouches this year.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026

Definition of slouches

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