layabout

Meaning

A lazy person.

Synonyms

idler
loafer
26k
do-nothing
lazybones
36k
good-for-nothing
C2
bum
B2
sluggard

lazy boy girl

dawdler

dead-beat

gangster
C1
good for nothing
hooligan
21k
lounger

ne’er-do-well

saunter
slob
C2

slow-coach

no-account

unruly person

slacker
28k
blackguard
42k
delinquent
C2
stroller
20k

yob

flaneur

good-for-naught

goof-off
goldbrick
loiterer

badly-behaved person

quarrel-some person

Translations

fainéant
holgazán
perdigiorno
infingardo
vagabundo
fannullone
poltrone
vago
Faulenzer
Gammler
flémard
Faulpelz
cancre
flemmard
flemme
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈleɪəˌbaʊt/
Etymology

From lay + about.

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