layabouts
Habitual couch occupants
Layabouts are people who avoid work and spend their time idling.
The word carries a tone of mild disapproval or affectionate exasperation: Those layabouts have been on the couch all day.
British English favors the term more than American English, where similar sentiments might produce "slackers" or "bums."
Those who shirk duties
- malingerersThose faking illness
- shirkersThose who evade duties
- lollygaggersThose who waste time
- skiversThose who avoid obligations
slackers · deadbeats · clock-watchers · freeloaders · spongers · parasites · moochers · bludgers
Those who avoid effort
- loafersLaceless slip-on shoes
- idlersHabitually unproductive people
- sluggardsHabitually inactive people
- slouchersThose with poor posture
do-nothings · ne'er-do-wells · good-for-nothings · slothful · indolent · lethargic · torpid · listless
Aimless travelers, homeless rovers
- vagrantsHomeless itinerant people
- bumsIdle wanderers or beggars
- hobosMigrant homeless wanderers
- trampsItinerant homeless people
vagabonds · transients · loiterers · beachcombers · wanderers · down-and-outs · derelicts · floaters
goldbrickers
Those who shirk duties
- malingerersThose faking illness
- shirkersThose who evade duties
- lollygaggersThose who waste time
skivers · slackers · deadbeats · clock-watchers · freeloaders · spongers · parasites · moochers · bludgers · passengers
slackers
Those who avoid effort
- loafersLaceless slip-on shoes
- idlersHabitually unproductive people
- sluggardsHabitually inactive people
slouchers · do-nothings · ne'er-do-wells · good-for-nothings · slothful · indolent · lethargic · torpid · listless · languorous
drifters
Aimless travelers, homeless rovers
tramps · vagabonds · transients · loiterers · beachcombers · wanderers · down-and-outs · derelicts · floaters · sundowners
- slackersslackers, loafers, idlers, idler, do-nothings
layaboutsgo-getters
Ambitiously proactive people
hustlers · strivers · overachievers · self-starters · high achievers
layaboutslive wires
Highly energetic people
whirlwinds · fireballs · doers · busybodies · restless souls