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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lazy person |
| Synonyms: | bum, clock watcher, couch potato, couch potato, deadbeat, good-for-nothing, goof-off, goof-off, idler, laggard, layabout, lazy person, lazybones, loafer, lotus eater, lounger, malingerer, moocher, shirker, slacker, sloth, sponger |
| 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: | supine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive |
| Synonyms: | do-nothing, dormant, dull, idle, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, lethargic, listless, motionless, passive, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggish, unoccupied, unresponsive |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| 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: | layabout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bum |
| Synonyms: | beachcomber, deadbeat, do-nothing, faineant, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, lazybones, loafer, lounger, malingerer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, shirker, slacker, slouch, slugabed, sluggard, sponger, wanderer, waster, wastrel |
| Main Entry: | lazybones |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bum |
| Synonyms: | beachcomber, deadbeat, do-nothing, faineant, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, layabout, loafer, lounger, malingerer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, shirker, slacker, slouch, slugabed, sluggard, sponger, wanderer, waster, wastrel |
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