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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loafer |
| Synonyms: | idler, profligate, rake, spendthrift, squanderer, vagabond, vagrant, waster |
| Main Entry: | loafer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is idle, lazy |
| Synonyms: | beachcomber, deadbeat, do-nothing, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, lazybones, lounger, malingerer, ne'er-do-well, shirker, slacker, slouch, sluggard, sponger, wanderer, waster, wastrel |
| Antonyms: | hard worker |
| Main Entry: | ne' er-do-well |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irresponsible person |
| Synonyms: | bum*, good-for-nothing, idler, lazybones, loafer, sloucher, wastrel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prodigal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who spends a lot |
| Synonyms: | big spender, compulsive shopper, deep pockets, dissipator, high roller, profligate, spender, spendthrift, sport, squanderer, waster, wastrel |
| Main Entry: | profligate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is immoral |
| Synonyms: | debauchee, degenerate, dissipater, good-for-nothing, lecher, libertine, nighthawk, no-good, old goat, operator, prodigal, rake, reprobate, roué, swinger, waster, wastrel |
| Main Entry: | ragamuffin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is poor, tattered |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bum*, gamin, guttersnipe, hobo, loafer, orphan, scarecrow, street person, tatterdemalion, tramp, urchin, vagabond, vagrant, waif, wastrel |
| Antonyms: | sophisticate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rascal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unprincipled, does not work hard |
| Synonyms: | beggar, black sheep, blackguard, bully, bum, cad, cardsharp, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing, grafter, hooligan*, hypocrite, idler, imp, liar, loafer, mischief-maker, miscreant, opportunist, pretender, prodigal, profligate, recreant, reprobate, robber, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, skunk, sneak*, swindler, tough*, tramp, trickster, varmint, villain, wastrel, wretch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spendthrift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person careless with money |
| Synonyms: | big spender, dissipater, high-roller, improvident, imprudent, prodigal, profligate, spender, sport, squanderer, waster, wastrel |
| Antonyms: | miser, saver |
| Main Entry: | waster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spendthrift |
| Synonyms: | prodigal, profligate, wastrel |
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