loafer

Speech parts

1. loafer - Noun

2. loafer - Verb

Meaning

One who loafs; a lazy lounger.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

idler bum layabout drone do-nothing deadbeat slacker dawdler shirker sponger wolf miller dodger tramp moccasin
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Antonyms

hummer explorer beaver comer grindstone fireball
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Hypernyms

shoe nonworker

Hyponyms

loon slug drone poke sluggard slacker

Phrases with the word

tassel loafer

Anagrams

florae Falero Florea

Examples

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David Thoreau

A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop. Robert Hughes

A loafer never works except when there's a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody. E. W. Howe

A loafer always has the correct time. Kin Hubbard

It's unbelievable that after more than 30 years in the game, pummeling a guy with his loafer will be my legacy. But I guess it's better than having no legacy at all. Mike Milbury

We know others by ourselves, sid the loafer about the lice. Swedish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

loaf pan loaf sugar loaf-shaped meat dish loaferdom loafered loaferish