layabout | Definition of layabout

Synonyms and Antonyms of layabout

a lazy person

she regretted ever asking that layabout to be her roommate, as he created the mess of two people and refused to help with anything

Synonyms of layabout

couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard

Words Related to layabout

bum, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well

crawler, creeper, dawdler, laggard, putterer, slowpoke, snail, stick-in-the-mud, straggler

clock-watcher, goldbrick, malingerer, shirker, slacker

dallier, lingerer, loiterer, loller, lounger, saunterer

delayer, procrastinator

dropout, quitter

Near Antonyms of layabout

achiever, comer, highflier (or highflyer)

live wire, powerhouse

Antonyms of layabout

doer, go-ahead, go-getter, hummer, hustler, rustler, self-starter