idler
One avoiding work
An idler is someone who idles—who passes time without working or doing anything productive.
The word carries mild disapproval: The café was full of idlers nursing their coffees.
In machinery, an idler is a gear or pulley that transmits motion or maintains tension without doing direct work itself.
Idle responsibility evader
- layaboutHabitually idle person
- loaferLaceless slip-on shoe
- deadbeatPerson avoiding owed payments
- shirkerOne who avoids duty
lazybones · do-nothing · bum · good-for-nothing · ne'er-do-well · sluggard · goldbrick · malingerer
Habitually avoiding exertion
- slothfulHabitually avoiding exertion
- lazyAvoiding effort or exertion
- lethargicLacking energy or alertness
- torpidInactive and slow
languid · lackadaisical · unmotivated · apathetic · listless · sluggish · inactive · aimless
slacker
Idle responsibility evader
shirker · lazybones · do-nothing · bum · good-for-nothing · ne'er-do-well · sluggard · goldbrick · malingerer · couch potato
indolent
Habitually avoiding exertion
- slothfulHabitually avoiding exertion
- lazyAvoiding effort or exertion
- lethargicLacking energy or alertness
torpid · languid · lackadaisical · unmotivated · apathetic · listless · sluggish · inactive · aimless · shiftless
pulley
Grooved wheel for rope
- wheelRotating circular frame
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- tensionerMaintains strap or chain pressure
roller · sprocket · belt · spindle · flywheel · cog · axle · bearing · freewheel
relaxation
State of being unwound
- downtimePeriod of non-operation
- loungingReclining in idleness
- recreationRefreshment through leisure
pastime · repose · respite · break · free time · holiday · vacation · siesta · lull · rest
- layaboutsslacker, slackers, deadbeat, deadbeats, loafer
- lazinesslaziness, sloth, apathy, lethargy, inertia
- lazybonescouch potato, lazybones, lazy bones, loafer, sluggard
- slackersslackers, loafers, layabouts, do-nothings, good-for-nothings
- gearsgear, cog, spur gear, worm gear, worm gears
- lazy stereotypescouch potato, slacker, loafer, layabout, slouch
idlerworker
Person who toils
workaholic · toiler · drudge · laborer · grafter
idlergo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
striver · achiever · hustler · highflyer · self-starter
- sit idly byFail to intervene
- idle chatterTrivial, aimless conversation
- idle threatsInsincere warnings lacking intent
- idle talkAimless conversation
- sitting idly byChoosing not to intervene
- idle handsUnoccupied extremities seeking mischief