About The Word Idler

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Idler

Idler Meaning & Definition
Idler Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Idler?

[n] person who does no work; "a lazy bum"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Idler: bum | do-nothing | layabout | loafer

Related Terms | Find terms related to Idler: Arab | beach bum | beachcomber | beggar | bo | bum | bummer | bungler | clock watcher | dallier | dawdle | dawdler | diddler | dillydallier | disregarder | dodger | dogie | dolittle | do-nothing | doodler | drone | faineant | gamin | gamine | gentleman of leisure | goldbrick | goldbricker | goof-off | guttersnipe | hobo | homeless waif | ignorer | laggard | landloper | lazybones | lazzarone | lingerer | loafer | loiterer | loller | losel | lotus-eater | lounge lizard | lounger | lubber | malingerer | mope | moper | mudlark | neglecter | negligent | piker | potterer | procrastinator | putterer | ragamuffin | ragman | ragpicker | rounder | shirker | ski bum | slacker | slouch | sloucher | sloven | slug | slugabed | sluggard | slut | stick-in-the-mud | stiff | stray | street Arab | street urchin | sundowner | surf bum | swagman | swagsman | tatterdemalion | tennis bum | time killer | time waster | tramp | trifler | turnpiker | urchin | vag | vagabond | vagrant | waif | waifs and strays | waiter on Providence | wastrel

See Also | clock watcher | couch potato | dallier | dawdler | daydreamer | dillydallier | drone | goldbrick | good-for-naught | good-for-nothing | goof-off | laggard | lagger | lazybones | lie-abed | loon | lounger | mope | ne'er-do-well | nonworker | shirker | slacker | slug | slugabed | sluggard | spiv | sunbather | trailer | trifler | whittler | woolgatherer

Idler In Webster's Dictionary

\I"dler\, n. 1. One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard. 2. (Naut.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch. --Totten. 3. (Mach.) An idle wheel or pulley. See under {Idle}.

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