layabout
One avoiding work
A layabout is someone who avoids work and spends their time idling.
The word carries clear disapproval—not merely someone resting, but someone habitually lazy: Her brother is a layabout who's never held a job.
More common in British than American English.
Laceless slip-on shoe
- idlerHabitually unproductive person
- slackerIdle responsibility evader
- bumIdle vagrant
- sluggardHabitually inactive person
drone · shirker · deadbeat · ne'er-do-well · good-for-nothing · do-nothing · wastrel · slouch
State of being unwound
- loungeComfortable waiting room
- chillCold sensation or relaxation
- unwindRelease accumulated tension
- siestaMidday rest
downtime · respite · hammock · recliner · couch · daydreaming · napping · snoozing
Unwillingness to exert oneself
- indolenceAversion to activity
- slothfulnessState of being lazy
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- torporInactive, sluggish state
languor · inactivity · idleness · loafing · lounging · lolling · dawdling · procrastination
loafer
Laceless slip-on shoe
sluggard · drone · shirker · deadbeat · ne'er-do-well · good-for-nothing · do-nothing · wastrel · slouch · slugabed
relaxation
State of being unwound
siesta · downtime · respite · hammock · recliner · couch · daydreaming · napping · snoozing · dozing
laziness
Unwillingness to exert oneself
- indolenceAversion to activity
- slothfulnessState of being lazy
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
torpor · languor · inactivity · idleness · loafing · lounging · lolling · dawdling · procrastination · dilly-dallying
- lazinesslaziness, sloth, idleness, apathy, lethargy
- lazybonescouch potato, lazybones, lazy bones, loafer, sluggard
- old insultsknave, varlet, scoundrel, rogue, blackguard
- lazy stereotypescouch potato, slacker, loafer, idler, slouch
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
- class labelsaristocrat, beggar, bourgeois, commoner, elite
layaboutworkaholic
Compulsive labor addict
hard worker · go-getter · workhorse · hustler · grafter