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dawdler
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal, often young |
| Synonyms: | JD, behind, black sheep, blackguard, culprit, dawdler, deadbeat, deadhead, debtor, defaulter, derelict, desperado, evader, fallen angel, felon, hoodlum, jailbird, juvenile delinquent, juvie, lawbreaker, loafer, lounger, malefactor, miscreant, neglecter, no show, offender, outlaw, punk*, recreant, reprobate, sinner, wrongdoer, young offender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laggard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | straggler |
| Synonyms: | dawdler, idler, lingerer, loafer, lounger, slow starter, slowpoke |
| Notes: | a laggard is someone who falls behind others; a sluggard is an idle slothful person |
| Main Entry: | slowpoke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laggard |
| Synonyms: | dawdler, dilly-dallyer, idler, plodder, procrastinator, slug, sluggard, snail, straggler |
| Main Entry: | sluggard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lazy person |
| Synonyms: | dawdler, drone, faineant, idler, laggard, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, snail |
| Notes: | a laggard is someone who falls behind others; a sluggard is an idle slothful person |
| Main Entry: | dilly-dallier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laggard |
| Synonyms: | dallier, dawdler, do-nothing, idler, lagger, lingerer, loafer, loiterer, lounger, poke, slowpoke, straggler |
| Main Entry: | lagger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laggard |
| Synonyms: | dawdler, dilly-dallier, idler, lag, lingerer, loafer, loiterer, lounger, poke, procrastinator, slow starter, slowpoke, straggler, tarrier |
| Main Entry: | lingerer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laggard |
| Synonyms: | dawdler, dilly-dallier, idler, lag, lagger, loafer, loiterer, lounger, poke, procrastinator, slow starter, slowpoke, straggler, tarrier |
| Main Entry: | loiterer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laggard |
| Synonyms: | dawdler, dilly-dallier, idler, lag, lagger, lingerer, loafer, lounger, poke, procrastinator, slow starter, slowpoke, straggler, tarrier |
| Main Entry: | procrastinator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laggard |
| Synonyms: | dawdler, dilly-dallier, idler, lag, lagger, lingerer, loafer, loiterer, lounger, poke, slow starter, slowpoke, straggler, tarrier |
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