Synonyms of ne'er-do-wells

ne'er-do-wells

noun

plural of ne'er-do-well

as in bums

an idle worthless person

the local ne'er-do-wells seem to hang out on the street corners at all hours of the day and night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bums
• hobos
• beggars
• derelicts
• no-accounts
• hoboes
• no-goodniks
• dodgers
• slackers
• vagrants
• no-goods
• good-for-nothings
• drifters
• transients
• goldbricks
• tramps
• urchins
• vagabonds
• roamers
• do-nothings
• shirkers
• panhandlers
• sundowners
• waifs
• ragamuffins
• idlers
• loafers
• sluggards
• paupers
• down-and-outers
• indigents
• slugs
• gamines
• lazybones
• slouches
• drones
• down-and-outs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• successes
• winners