goldbricker
Avoids all work
A goldbricker is someone who avoids work while appearing busy, or who shirks duties altogether.
The term comes from the old con of selling gold-plated lead as solid gold—the goldbricker looks valuable but isn't.
Military slang popularized it for soldiers who fake illness or dodge assignments: Half the platoon are goldbrickers.
The verb goldbrick means to loaf or malinger.
Idle responsibility evader
- loaferLaceless slip-on shoe
- malingererOne feigning sickness
- dodgerOne who avoids
- skiverSoft split leather
idler · layabout · couch potato · do-nothing · ne'er-do-well · deadbeat · bum · sluggard
One who pretends
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
pretender · sham · con artist · deceiver · scammer · trickster · shammer · cheat
Not consistently trustworthy
- untrustworthyNot deserving of confidence
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- flakyCrumbly or unreliable
- unreliableNot consistently performing
inconsistent · deadwood · good-for-nothing · worthless · useless
One feigning sickness
- draft dodgerOne who avoids compulsory enlistment
- deserterOne who abandons duty
- AWOLAbsent without permission
- shammingFalsely pretending
slacker
Idle responsibility evader
- loaferLaceless slip-on shoe
- malingererOne feigning sickness
- dodgerOne who avoids
skiver · idler · layabout · couch potato · do-nothing · ne'er-do-well · deadbeat · bum · sluggard · time-waster
faker
One who pretends
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
charlatan · pretender · sham · con artist · deceiver · scammer · trickster · shammer · cheat · humbug
undependable
Not consistently trustworthy
- untrustworthyNot deserving of confidence
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- flakyCrumbly or unreliable
unreliable · inconsistent · deadwood · good-for-nothing · worthless · useless
malingerer
One feigning sickness
- draft dodgerOne who avoids compulsory enlistment
- deserterOne who abandons duty
- AWOLAbsent without permission
- layaboutsslacker, slackers, deadbeat, deadbeats, loafer
- military slangFUBAR, hoorah, devil dog, SNAFU, GI
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
- fakesfake, fakes, counterfeit, counterfeits, imitation
- lazinesslaziness, sloth, idleness, apathy, lethargy
- avoidersdodger, evader, avoider, draft dodger, fare dodger
goldbrickerhard worker
Industrious, dedicated person
workhorse · go-getter · hustler · grinder · eager beaver