idler

Speech parts

1. idler - Noun

2. idler - Adjective

Meaning

One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.

One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch.

An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

loafer bum layabout do-nothing freeloader slacker lazybones laggard dawdler shirker loiterer sponger dodger leech barnacle
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Antonyms

hummer explorer beaver tribune comer grindstone
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Hypernyms

nonworker

Hyponyms

loon slug drone poke slacker sluggard

Phrases with the word

idler gear idler wheel first idler gear

Anagrams

riled Riedl Lider

Examples

How various his employments, whom the world Calls idle and who justly, in return, Esteems that busy world an idler too. William Cowper

An idler is a watch that wants both hands As useless if it goes as when it stands. William Cowper

A learned man is an idler who kills time by study. George Bernard Shaw

Only help him who is not an idler. G. I. Gurdjieff

The faster you go, the idler you get. Ferreira Gullar

The passive idler of all men in the world is the most difficult to please. Those who do the least themselves are always the severest critics upon the noble achievements of others. Elias Lyman Magoon

Close letter words and terms

idlehood idlely idleness idler gear idler pulley idler wheel