idler (n)
loafer (n)
do-nothing (n)
layabout (n)
bum#3 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def person who does no work
examples a lazy bum
Outgoing links
Hypernym nonworker
Derivationally related form bum → bum
Derivationally related form do-nothing → do-nothing(a)
Derivationally related form loafer → loaf
Derivationally related form idler → idle
Hyponym clock watcher; couch potato; dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger; dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke; daydreamer, woolgatherer; goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught; lazybones; lie-abed, slugabed; loon; slacker, shirker; sluggard, slug; spiv; sunbather; trifler; whittler
Incoming links
Derivationally related form do-nothing(a) → do-nothing
Hyponym nonworker
Hypernym clock watcher; couch potato; dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger; dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke; daydreamer, woolgatherer; goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught; lazybones; lie-abed, slugabed; loon; slacker, shirker; sluggard, slug; spiv; sunbather; trifler; whittler
Derivationally related form bum → bum
Derivationally related form idle → idler
Derivationally related form loaf → loafer

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