skulker
One who sneaks
A skulker is someone who moves furtively or lurks with intent to avoid notice.
The word carries connotations of cowardice or sneakiness—a skulker hides rather than confronts, lingers in shadows rather than stepping forward: The skulker watched from behind the hedges.
In military contexts, a skulker is one who shirks duty or deserts.
Silent forum presence
- prowlerOne who lurks suspiciously
- sneakMove with stealth
- spyCovert information gatherer
- shadowerOne who follows undetected
stalker · creeper · infiltrator · stealthy · furtive · slinker · hidden · concealed
Crafty, deceitful planner
- plotterMachinator or diagram machine
- sneakMove with stealth
- deceiverOne who tricks others
- slyCleverly deceptive
cunning · devious · crafty · underhanded · conniver · trickster · weasel · double-dealer
One who avoids
- evaderOne who gets away
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- escapeeOne who fled confinement
- absconderOne who flees secretly
avoider · shirker · deserter · runaway · hideaway · elusive · slippery · eluder
Laceless slip-on shoe
- slackerIdle responsibility evader
- layaboutHabitually idle person
- shirkerOne who avoids duty
- malingererOne feigning sickness
idler · dawdler · do-nothing · goldbrick · lounger · lazybones · ne'er-do-well · slouch
lurker
Silent forum presence
shadower · stalker · creeper · infiltrator · stealthy · furtive · slinker · hidden · concealed · unseen
schemer
Crafty, deceitful planner
sly · cunning · devious · crafty · underhanded · conniver · trickster · weasel · double-dealer · manipulator
dodger
One who avoids
absconder · avoider · shirker · deserter · runaway · hideaway · elusive · slippery · eluder · ducking
loafer
Laceless slip-on shoe
malingerer · idler · dawdler · do-nothing · goldbrick · lounger · lazybones · ne'er-do-well · slouch · time-waster
- avoidersdodger, evader, shirker, avoider, draft dodger
- birding slanglifer, tick, twitch, twitcher, dip
- Civil War Slangskedaddle, Johnny Reb, bluebelly, grayback, copperhead
- fugitivesfugitive, escapee, escaped convict, runaway, prison escapee
- cowardscoward, chicken, wimp, milquetoast, poltroon
- hidersfugitive, runaway, stowaway, escapee, hermit
skulkerexhibitionist
One who exposes themselves
showoff · attention-seeker · show-off · showman · extrovert
skulkerhero
One admired for courage
confronter · brave soul · daredevil · valiant · charger