Synonyms of malinger

malinger

verb

as in to lazy

to pretend to be sick or injured in order to avoid doing work

Because of his frequent absences, his boss suspected he was malingering.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lazy
• idle
• bum
• goldbrick
• fool
• mess
• truant
• linger
• play
• monkey
• rest
• poke
• laze
• dawdle
• deceive
• furlough
• dillydally
• muck
• trifle
• loll
• chill
• dally
• fake
• piddle
• relax
• veg out
• loaf
• loiter
• drone
• mosey
• kick back
• lounge
• doze
• footle
• hang about
• feign
• saunter
• hibernate
• aestivate
• hack (around)
• lag
• swan
• amble
• stroll
• goof (off)
• tarry
• estivate
• kick around
• hang (around or out)
• fiddle (around)
• potter (around)
• putter (around)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• toil
• slave
• labor
• plod
• work
• grind
• hustle
• hump
• plow
• sweat
• peg
• drudge
• grub
• plug
• apply
• buckle (down)
• moil
• travail
• exert
• put out

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• toil
• slave
• labor
• plod
• work
• grind
• hustle
• hump
• plow
• sweat
• peg
• drudge
• grub
• plug
• apply
• buckle (down)
• moil
• travail
• exert
• put out

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