lotus-eater
Blissful, lazy escapist
A lotus-eater is someone who lives in dreamy, idle contentment, indifferent to practical concerns.
The term comes from Homer's Odyssey, where Odysseus's crew encountered people who ate lotus fruit that made them forget their homes and lose all desire to return.
Today it describes anyone who seems lost in pleasurable escapism or languid indolence, detached from reality's demands.
The beach town attracted lotus-eaters who had abandoned their former ambitions.
Seeker of distraction
- dreamerOne given to fantasies
- indolentHabitually avoiding exertion
- pleasure-seekerOne pursuing enjoyment above all
- idlerHabitually unproductive person
sybarite · sensualist · layabout · decadent · bon vivant · slacker · lounger · dilettante
Epic of homecoming
- HomerAncient Greek epic composer
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- UlyssesGreek hero, Latinized
island · narcotic · fruit · oblivion · sailors · stupor · Tennyson · sirens
Sixties counterculture member
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- dropoutOne who quits early
- communeShared-living community
- wanderlustCraving for distant places
backpacker · nomad · vagabond · beatnik · nonconformist · alternative · detached · disillusioned
escapist
Seeker of distraction
- dreamerOne given to fantasies
- indolentHabitually avoiding exertion
- pleasure-seekerOne pursuing enjoyment above all
idler · sybarite · sensualist · layabout · decadent · bon vivant · slacker · lounger · dilettante · epicurean
Odyssey
Epic of homecoming
- HomerAncient Greek epic composer
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
Ulysses · island · narcotic · fruit · oblivion · sailors · stupor · Tennyson · sirens · mythical
hippie
Sixties counterculture member
wanderlust · backpacker · nomad · vagabond · beatnik · nonconformist · alternative · detached · disillusioned · tuned-out
- layaboutsslacker, slackers, deadbeat, deadbeats, loafer
- pleasure seekershedonist, hedonists, pleasure seeker, pleasure seekers, pleasure-seeker
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
lotus-eatergo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
striver · hustler · self-starter · achiever · highflyer
lotus-eaterrealist
One accepting hard truths
pragmatist · man of action · doer · activist · stoic