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loafer
loaf·er 1 L0216050 (lō′fər)n. One who is habitually idle: disliked loafers on the job. [Short for obsolete land-loafer, vagabond, idler, possibly partial translation of obsolete German Landläufer, from Middle High German landlöufer : land, land + löufer, runner (from loufen, to run, from Old High German hlouffan).]
loaf·er 2 L0216050 (lō′fər)n. A low leather step-in shoe with an upper resembling a moccasin but with a broad, flat heel. [Originally a trademark.]loafer (ˈləʊfə) n1. a person who avoids work; idler2. (Clothing & Fashion) a moccasin-like shoe for casual wear[C19: perhaps from German Landläufer vagabond]loaf•er (ˈloʊ fər) n. a person who loafs; idler. [1820–30; perhaps short for landloafer vagabond; compare German (obsolete) Landläufer, Dutch landloper landloper] Loaf•er (ˈloʊ fər) Trademark. a moccasinlike slip-on shoe. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | loafer - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"do-nothing, idler, layabout, bumnonworker - a person who does nothingclock watcher - a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting timecouch potato - an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, lounger, mope - someone who wastes timedawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke, drone - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behinddaydreamer, woolgatherer - someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaminggood-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account, goldbrick - an idle worthless personlazybones - a lazy personlie-abed, slugabed - a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hourloon - a worthless lazy fellowshirker, slacker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)sluggard, slug - an idle slothful personspiv - a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good timesunbather - someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntantrifler - one who behaves lightly or not seriouslywhittler - someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime) | | 2. | Loafer - a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heelshoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier materialtrademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product |
loafernoun idler, lounger, bum (informal), piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), drone (Brit.), shirker, couch potato (slang), time-waster, layabout, skiver (Brit. slang), ne'er-do-well, wastrel, bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal), lazybones (informal) a lovable loafer with a roving eyeloafernounA self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity:bum, drone, fainéant, good-for-nothing, idler, layabout, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel.Informal: do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug.Slang: slouch.TranslationsLoafer® (ˈləufər) noun (American) a flat leather shoe without a shoestring or buckle to fasten it. 平底包頭鞋 路夫鞋,平底便鞋 IdiomsSeelight in the loafersloafer
Synonyms for loafernoun idlerSynonyms- idler
- lounger
- bum
- piker
- drone
- shirker
- couch potato
- time-waster
- layabout
- skiver
- ne'er-do-well
- wastrel
- bludger
- lazybones
Synonyms for loafernoun a self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activitySynonyms- bum
- drone
- fainéant
- good-for-nothing
- idler
- layabout
- ne'er-do-well
- no-good
- slugabed
- sluggard
- wastrel
- do-little
- do-nothing
- lazybones
- slug
- slouch
Synonyms for loafernoun person who does no workSynonyms- do-nothing
- idler
- layabout
- bum
Related Words- nonworker
- clock watcher
- couch potato
- dallier
- dillydallier
- dilly-dallier
- lounger
- mope
- dawdler
- laggard
- lagger
- trailer
- poke
- drone
- daydreamer
- woolgatherer
- good-for-naught
- good-for-nothing
- goof-off
- ne'er-do-well
- no-account
- goldbrick
- lazybones
- lie-abed
- slugabed
- loon
- shirker
- slacker
- sluggard
- slug
- spiv
- sunbather
- trifler
- whittler
noun a low leather step-in shoeRelated Words |