29
loafer(noun, person, inactivity, lazy, poke)
17
layabout(noun, industrious, bum)
16
do-nothing(noun, person, informal, poke, industrious)
16
sluggard(noun, person, inactivity, industrious, slouch)
14
slacker(noun, adjective, slouch, loafer, dodger)
13
lazybones(noun, informal, industrious, slouch, slacker)
13
shirker(noun, slouch, loafer, dodger, slacker)
11
drone(noun, person, inactivity, industrious)
11
slouch(noun, slang, industrious, laggard, drone)
10
wastrel(noun, industrious, mischief, bum, rogue)
9
loiterer(noun, poke, slouch, laggard, slacker)
9
tramp(noun, beggar)
8
bum(noun, industrious)
8
dawdler
8
skiver(noun, loafer, dodger, slacker)
8
slug(noun, informal, inactivity, industrious)
8
vagrant(noun, spendthrift, beggar)
7
goof-off(noun, slouch, slacker)
7
laggard(noun, straggler)
7
malingerer(noun, slouch, slacker)
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