slacker

Noun

Meaning

a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

shirker dodger leech barnacle sleepyhead loafer slug idler quitter slow drone lazy negligent sluggish snail

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Antonyms

hummer athlete fireball duce slaver doer

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Hypernyms

loafer idler bum do-nothing layabout

Hyponyms

shammer skulker malingerer goldbrick scrimshanker

Phrases with the word

biggest slacker dedicated slacker

Anagrams

Sackler

Examples

When it came to formal classes, I was a slacker. But I've always been a diligent autodidact and can teach myself virtually any subject if I have a serious interest in it. Dean Koontz

As my mom says, I was a little bit of a slacker in high school. I really was just kind of unmotivated, a little bit lazy, so my grades weren't that good. Savannah Guthrie

I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't have been seen. Richard Linklater

The whole slacker generation totally didn't apply to us musically. Dave Grohl

Despite what people think, I was such a rule follower at school. I loved the whole slacker look, like, 'Hey, I don't care, whatever,' but if I didn't turn my homework in, I would panic. Kristen Stewart

The son of a good man will not become a slacker. Armenian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

slacken your pace slackener slackening slackerdom slackerish slackerism