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.

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of malinger

The entire day felt dehumanizing, as if her nearly eight years with the company, her medical problems and her physical pain had been reduced to nothing more than malingering and scattered incidents of tardiness. — Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023

Goldstein, who did not return a message seeking comment, practices in Chicago and has lectured on the topic of malingering, according to a resume posted online. — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023

But when workers take advantage of the manager’s kindly nature to malinger or disrupt operations, the entire business is threatened. — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022

The decision against Robert Krebs came after a psychologist determined Krebs didn’t have a mental illness or cognitive impairment and was instead malingering to avoid prosecution for the robbery last year in Tucson. — Jacques Billeaud, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2019

The question is obviously especially consequential when deeming a person malingering means they could be put to death. — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 5 May 2017

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