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slacker

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of slacker

1 one who deliberately avoids work or duty

there will be no slackers tolerated in this group—anyone who doesn't do their share will get booted out

Synonyms of slacker

goldbrick, shirker

Words Related to slacker

dropout, quitter

drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard

dallier, lingerer, loiterer, lounger, saunterer

dawdler, laggard, putterer, slowpoke

Near Antonyms of slacker

live wire, pistol, powerhouse

doer, go-getter, hummer, hustler, rustler, self-starter

2 an idle worthless person

views the under-30 generation as a bunch of slackers

Synonyms of slacker

bum, derelict, do-nothing, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, no-account, no-good, no-goodnik, vagrant

Words Related to slacker

hobo, sundowner [Australian], tramp, vagabond

drifter, roamer, transient

beggar, panhandler

dodger, goldbrick, shirker

gamine, ragamuffin, urchin, waif

drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard

down-and-out (or down-and-outer), indigent, pauper

Near Antonyms of slacker

success, winner

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