do-nothing
1 of 2noun
do-noth·ing ˈdü-ˌnə-thiŋ 
: a shiftless or lazy person
do-nothing
2 of 2adjective
: marked by inactivity or failure to make positive progress
do-nothingism
ˈdü-ˌnə-thiŋ-ˌi-zəm
noun 
Synonyms
Noun
- couch potato
- deadbeat
- drone
- idler
- layabout
- lazybones
- loafer
- lotus-eater
- slouch
- slug
- slugabed
- sluggard
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Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1579, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
1832, in the meaning defined above
do-nothings
noun
1
as in sluggards
a lazy person the new boss quickly figured out who the do-nothings were and fired them Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sluggards
- deadbeats
- layabouts
- slugs
- idlers
- snails
- loafers
- bums
- lazybones
- drones
- delayers
- slouches
- couch potatoes
- slugabeds
- lotus-eaters
- good-for-nothings
- shirkers
- laggards
- dawdlers
- stragglers
- lingerers
- slowpokes
- loiterers
- stick-in-the-muds
- creepers
- crawlers
- goldbricks
- slackers
- procrastinators
- clock-watchers
- putterers
- lollers
- saunterers
- malingerers
- dalliers
- ne'er-do-wells
- quitters
- dropouts
- loungers
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- doers
- hustlers
- achievers
- go-getters
- hummers
- highflyers
- highfliers
- comers
- self-starters
- powerhouses
- go-aheads
- live wires
2
as in bums
an idle worthless person he indiscriminately dismisses the state legislators as a bunch of do-nothings who live at the taxpayers' expense Synonyms & Similar Words
- bums
- hobos
- derelicts
- beggars
- hoboes
- good-for-nothings
- slackers
- dodgers
- vagrants
- no-goodniks
- no-goods
- tramps
- no-accounts
- shirkers
- drifters
- sluggards
- transients
- vagabonds
- ragamuffins
- ne'er-do-wells
- idlers
- panhandlers
- waifs
- down-and-outers
- paupers
- urchins
- loafers
- lazybones
- roamers
- goldbricks
- indigents
- sundowners
- slouches
- slugs
- down-and-outs
- drones
- gamines
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- successes
- winners
- black racers
- black radish
- black rail
- black rain
- black raspberry
- black rat snake
- black rat snakes
- black rattlesnake
- black rent
- black rhinoceros
- black ring
- black ring spot
- black robe
- black rock cod
- Black Rock Desert
- black rockfish
- Black Rod
- black root
- black root rot
- black rot
- black rouge
- black rudder fish
- black ruff
- black runner
- black rush