Synonyms of slackers

slackers

noun

plural of slacker

1

as in shirkers

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 & Similar Words

• shirkers
• lingerers
• drones
• slugs
• goldbricks
• sluggards
• idlers
• malingerers
• loafers
• lazybones
• dropouts
• loiterers
• quitters
• laggards
• slouches
• dawdlers
• slowpokes
• saunterers
• loungers
• slugabeds
• dalliers
• putterers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pistols
• powerhouses
• live wires
• doers
• hustlers
• hummers
• go-getters
• self-starters

2

as in bums

an idle worthless person

views the under-30 generation as a bunch of slackers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• successes
• winners

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slackers

Beavis & Butthead Mike Judge created these two mush-mouthed slackers, who decades on remain among the cartoon characters most synonymous with ’90s malaise and slacker culture. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

From there, Blair conceived Mark Southard and Davis Hench, two wildly different, aging slackers who are tasked with driving teenage scion Sheridan Kimberly to rehab on behalf of his disengaged billionaire parents. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Each, in their way, is ambitious — no room for slackers here! — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

Presumably, future episodes will continue to offer various one-off installments set in the show’s original status quo, when Mordecai and Rigby were just young slackers trying to avoid work. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 May 2026

Mattress slackers do have an excuse, however, since some of the newer mattress-in-a-box brands aren't designed to flip. — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026

Boomers saw Gen Xers, that’s me, as cynical slackers. — Harvard Business Review, 30 Dec. 2025

These are not bored slackers experimenting for fun. — Chris Wysopal, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Beavis and Butt-Head season 3 The iconic ’90s slackers are back. — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025