layabout
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Synonyms & Antonyms for layabout
Synonyms
couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard
Antonyms
doer, go-ahead, go-getter, hummer, hustler, rustler, self-starter
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Examples of layabout in a Sentence
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Orwell thought of the poor as decent people, but he’d be baffled to observe today that the welfare state has created a class of layabouts who, liberated from economic anguish, shackle themselves to screens, drugs, alcohol. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "What Would Orwell Think of Us?," 11 June 2019 The food company, widely admired in the industry for its track record of turning around aging brands, sees opportunity for the Andy Capp’s line of snacks, named after the layabout star of the British comic strip.... — Aaron Back, WSJ, "Andy Capp’s Fries Get 4/20 Buzz," 12 Apr. 2019 That gives the lie to a recurrent Republican meme that disability is little more than a haven for layabouts and malingerers. — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, "Social Security and Medicare trustees confirm: GOP policies have hurt both programs," 5 June 2018 Americans may be big enough to contain both frontier individualists and comfort-seeking layabouts. — Linda Rodriguez Mcrobbie, BostonGlobe.com, "Don’t get too comfortable: America’s relentless pursuit of convenience and relaxation," 19 May 2018 Just a few feet separate the chunky Balenciaga Triple S sneakers ($895) from the earth-tone Rainbow flip-flops ($54) favored by Malibu layabouts. — New York Times, "Nordstrom Men: Choose Your Own Adventure," 9 May 2018 Now it’s 10 years later; the kaiju-from-another-dimension invasion (the worst kind) has been quelled, and young Jake is a scavenger and a layabout and a character arc waiting to be put into motion. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, "'Pacific Rim: Uprising' review: This time, it's impersonal," 21 Mar. 2018 These layabouts wreak enough havoc, what with their aimless loquacity and their tendencies to monopolize wall outlets. — Justin Peters, Slate Magazine, "Should This Thing Be Smart? Coffee Mug Edition.," 20 Dec. 2017 But just as millennials chafe at being labeled tattooed layabouts, funny people in their middle years want to be seen as more than just fussy, bossy or out of touch. — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, "Over age 34 and still funny? Second City has a class for that.," 20 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'layabout.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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