Synonyms of do-nothings

do-nothings

noun

plural of do-nothing

1

as in slugs

a lazy person

the new boss quickly figured out who the do-nothings were and fired them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slugs
• drones
• snails
• bums
• sluggards
• deadbeats
• idlers
• layabouts
• loafers
• lazybones
• lotus-eaters
• delayers
• slouches
• couch potatoes
• slugabeds
• laggards
• good-for-nothings
• stragglers
• shirkers
• lingerers
• dawdlers
• clock-watchers
• slowpokes
• slackers
• loiterers
• crawlers
• creepers
• stick-in-the-muds
• goldbricks
• malingerers
• procrastinators
• putterers
• lollers
• saunterers
• ne'er-do-wells
• loungers
• quitters
• dropouts
• dalliers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doers
• hustlers
• self-starters
• achievers
• hummers
• comers
• go-getters
• highfliers
• highflyers
• powerhouses
• go-aheads
• live wires

2

as in bums

an idle worthless person

he indiscriminately dismisses the state legislators as a bunch of do-nothings who live at the taxpayers' expense

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bums
• hobos
• derelicts
• beggars
• hoboes
• good-for-nothings
• dodgers
• slackers
• no-goods
• no-accounts
• vagrants
• no-goodniks
• tramps
• ne'er-do-wells
• drifters
• transients
• shirkers
• panhandlers
• vagabonds
• sluggards
• idlers
• ragamuffins
• urchins
• waifs
• down-and-outers
• paupers
• loafers
• roamers
• sundowners
• goldbricks
• indigents
• lazybones
• slugs
• slouches
• drones
• down-and-outs
• gamines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• successes
• winners