Synonyms of malingered

malingered

verb

past tense of malinger

as in idled

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

• idled
• lazied
• messed
• fooled
• played
• lingered
• rested
• bummed
• truanted
• hanged (around or out)
• poked
• deceived
• monkeyed
• dawdled
• chilled
• faked
• droned
• lazed
• goldbricked
• loafed
• trifled
• furloughed
• relaxed
• kicked back
• hacked (around)
• hung (around or out)
• lounged
• goofed (off)
• fiddled (around)
• dillydallied
• pottered (around)
• puttered (around)
• mucked
• hibernated
• footled
• lolled
• hung about
• dallied
• piddled
• loitered
• lagged
• vegged out
• aestivated
• estivated
• dozed
• kicked around
• strolled
• sauntered
• feigned
• ambled
• moseyed
• tarried
• swanned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• labored
• wrought
• worked
• toiled
• hustled
• plowed
• sweated
• pegged
• slaved
• ground
• humped
• plugged
• plodded
• applied
• grubbed
• sweat
• travailed
• drudged
• moiled
• buckled (down)
• exerted
• put out