loiterer
Dawdler without purpose
A loiterer is someone who lingers in a place without apparent purpose.
The word carries connotations of idleness or suspicion—loiterers hang around storefronts, street corners, or public spaces in ways that make others uneasy.
Laws against loitering target those who seem to be up to no good: The security guard chased off the loiterers.
Idle responsibility evader
- layaboutHabitually idle person
- lazybonesHabitually idle person
- loaferLaceless slip-on shoe
- dawdlerPerson who delays unnecessarily
lounger · do-nothing · shirker · ne'er-do-well · good-for-nothing · sluggard · malingerer · time-waster
Person who delays unnecessarily
- stragglerOne who lags behind
- hanger-onOpportunistic social dependent
- hovererOne suspended in place
- time-killerActivity filling idle moments
window-shopper · browser · skulker · lurker · malingerer · slowpoke · laggard · watcher
One who lurks suspiciously
- lurkerSilent forum presence
- intruderUnauthorized person present
- caserOne who surveys beforehand
- snoopOne who pries
skulker · vagrant · interloper · encroacher · creeper
slacker
Idle responsibility evader
dawdler · lounger · do-nothing · shirker · ne'er-do-well · good-for-nothing · sluggard · malingerer · time-waster · slug
dawdler
Person who delays unnecessarily
time-killer · window-shopper · browser · skulker · lurker · malingerer · slowpoke · laggard · watcher · bystander
prowler
One who lurks suspiciously
snoop · skulker · vagrant · interloper · encroacher · creeper
drifter
Aimless, rootless traveler
wanderer · unhoused · derelict · squatter · hobo · tramp · panhandler · beggar · mendicant · itinerant
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- layaboutsslacker, slackers, deadbeat, deadbeats, loafer
- lingering personlingerer, dawdler, straggler, overstayer, stayer
- nuisancespest, ants, bugs, flies, roaches
- street scenesidewalk, crosswalk, curb, street sign, streetlight
- streetsstreet, road, sidewalk, sidewalks, pavement
loiterergo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
hustler · doer · striver · mover and shaker · dynamo
loitererpasserby
One who walks past
rusher · commuter · traveler · hurrier · pedestrian
loitererworker
Person who toils
customer · patron · businessman · businesswoman · commuter
- loitering lawsStatutes criminalizing idle presence
- no loitering sign