Synonyms of malingers

malingers

verb

present tense third-person singular of malinger

as in lazies

to pretend to be sick or injured in order to avoid doing work

Because of his frequent absences, his boss suspected he was malingering.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lazies
• idles
• fools
• bums
• messes
• rests
• lingers
• truants
• lazes
• goldbricks
• plays
• pokes
• dawdles
• lolls
• deceives
• loafs
• monkeys
• furloughs
• chills
• dillydallies
• dallies
• fakes
• loiters
• drones
• hacks (around)
• mucks
• relaxes
• lounges
• footles
• trifles
• hangs (around or out)
• aestivates
• fiddles (around)
• hibernates
• piddles
• dozes
• kicks back
• veges out
• hangs about
• goofs (off)
• estivates
• potters (around)
• putters (around)
• strolls
• saunters
• vegges out
• lags
• ambles
• moseys
• feigns
• kicks around
• tarries
• swans

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slaves
• labors
• toils
• plods
• works
• sweats
• hustles
• plows
• humps
• grubs
• pegs
• grinds
• plugs
• drudges
• applies
• buckles (down)
• travails
• moils
• exerts
• puts out