idler

Meaning

Noun

1. One who idles; one who spends their time in inaction.
2. One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
3. (dated) Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch.
4. A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power through its own axle, but forms part of a gear train, supports a moving belt, etc.

Adj

comparative form of idle: more idle

idle

• Verb
• Adj
• Noun

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Synonyms

loafer

lazybones

dawdler

sluggard

lazy person

slacker

layabout

lounger

good-for-nothing

bum

do-nothing

idle wheel

idle gear

ne’er-do-well

dead-beat

lazy

lazy fellow

drone

saunterer

leisured

slothful

gaper

saunter

indolent

slow-coach

lazy-bones

reveller

lazy boy girl

sponger

stroller

tightener

truant

twiddler

unemployed

work-shy

flaneur

good-for-naught

idler pulley

loaf around

shote

chair warmer

badly-behaved person

quarrel-some person

unruly person

jockey pulley

jockey wheel

tension pulley

block bearing

carrying idler

dead pulley

Translations

fainéant

paresseux

Faulenzer

poltrone

holgazán

fannullone

ozioso

Tagedieb

vago

pigro

ocioso

infingardo

gandul

Müßiggänger

Etymology

From idle + -er.