slacker
Chronic effort avoider
A slacker is someone who avoids work or effort, coasting through responsibilities with minimal engagement.
The word carries mild disapproval but also a hint of admiration for those who resist hustle culture: He's a total slacker but somehow passes every class.
Slacker culture gained visibility in the 1990s, associated with Gen X disaffection and films celebrating aimless youth.
Laceless slip-on shoe
- layaboutHabitually idle person
- bumIdle vagrant
- couch potatoHabitual sedentary TV watcher
- do-nothingIdle, inactive person
good-for-nothing · deadbeat · shirker · ne'er-do-well · goldbrick · malingerer · slouch · wastrel
Habitually avoiding exertion
- slothfulHabitually avoiding exertion
- lethargicLacking energy or alertness
- sluggishSlow and inactive
- languidWeak and without vigor
inactive · listless · torpid · sedentary · drowsy · lounging · unenergetic · sleepy
Mid-sixties to eighties births
- antiworkRejecting employment as virtue
- dropoutOne who quits early
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- rebelAuthority defier
bohemian · Clerks · dude · stoner · alternative · grunge · nineties · disaffected
Lacking desire for achievement
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- lackadaisicalLacking enthusiasm or determination
indifferent · passive · undriven · goalless · directionless · complacent · aimless · unfocused
Person who delays unnecessarily
- postponerOne who delays action
- foot-draggerOne who deliberately delays
- time-wasterUnproductive activity or person
- delayerOne who postpones action
laggard · staller · avoider · last-minute · tarrier · lingerer · temporizer · hesitater
loafer
Laceless slip-on shoe
- layaboutHabitually idle person
- bumIdle vagrant
- couch potatoHabitual sedentary TV watcher
do-nothing · good-for-nothing · deadbeat · shirker · ne'er-do-well · goldbrick · malingerer · slouch · wastrel · sluggard
indolent
Habitually avoiding exertion
languid · inactive · listless · torpid · sedentary · drowsy · lounging · unenergetic · sleepy · bone-idle
Generation X
Mid-sixties to eighties births
- antiworkRejecting employment as virtue
- dropoutOne who quits early
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
rebel · bohemian · Clerks · dude · stoner · alternative · grunge · nineties · disaffected · anti-establishment
unambitious
Lacking desire for achievement
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
lackadaisical · indifferent · passive · undriven · goalless · directionless · complacent · aimless · unfocused · uncaring
dawdler
Person who delays unnecessarily
- postponerOne who delays action
- foot-draggerOne who deliberately delays
- time-wasterUnproductive activity or person
delayer · laggard · staller · avoider · last-minute · tarrier · lingerer · temporizer · hesitater
- informal rolesleader, follower, peacemaker, troublemaker, mediator
- lazybonescouch potato, lazybones, lazy bones, loafer, sluggard
- layaboutsdeadbeat, deadbeats, loafer, loafers, bum
- underachievementcoasting, failure, mediocrity, shortfall, underperformer
- lazy stereotypescouch potato, loafer, layabout, idler, slouch
- lazinesslaziness, sloth, idleness, apathy, lethargy
slackerworkaholic
Compulsive labor addict
hard worker · grinder · hustler · workhorse · toiler
slackergo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
overachiever · high achiever · self-starter · winner · success
slackergo-getter
Ambitious, driven person
self-starter · dynamo · powerhouse · fireball · live wire
- slack offReduce one's effort
- slacking offNeglecting responsibilities deliberately
- slacked offReduced one's effort
- pick up the slackCover for underperformance
- picking up the slackAssuming others' unfinished duties
- cut someone some slackRelax your expectations temporarily
slack, slacken, slacks, slacking, slackening, slackers, slacked, slackened, slackness