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Synonyms & Antonyms of malinger
- Because of his frequent absences, his boss suspected he was malingering.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for malinger
- bum,
- chill,
- dally,
- dawdle,
- dillydally,
- drone,
- footle,
- goof (off),
- hack (around),
- hang (around or out),
- hang about
- [British],
- idle,
- kick around,
- kick back,
- laze,
- lazy,
- loaf,
- loll,
- lounge,
- veg out
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“Malinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malinger. Accessed 24 Oct. 2020.
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The first known use of malinger was in 1820
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