slacker

Meaning

Noun

1. One who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share or pull their own weight.
2. A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
3. A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.
4. (US, dated) A person who seeks to avoid military service.
5. (rare, slang) A user of the Slackware Linux distribution.

Adj

Comparative form of slack: more slack.

Synonyms

idler

loafer

lazybones

dawdler

sluggard

slob

lazy

lazy person

shirker

poke

shote

layabout

good-for-nothing

freeloader

fool

loser

Translations

paresseux

scansafatiche

fainéant

pelandrone

Faulpelz

poltrone

remolón

Drückeberger

perezoso

fannullone

glandeur

φυγόστρατος

Faulenzer

ακαμάτρα

φυγόπονος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈslækɚ/

Etymology

From slack + -er; compare especially slack off.