16
idler(noun, industrious, bum, idler, loafer)
14
loafer(noun, industrious, bum, idler)
9
lazybones(noun, informal, industrious, bum, sloth)
8
do-nothing(noun, person, informal, industrious, bum)
7
bum(noun, industrious, idler)
7
slacker(noun, bum, idler)
6
shirker(noun, bum, sloth, slacker)
6
wastrel(noun, industrious, bum, idler)
5
drone(noun, industrious, idler)
5
good-for-nothing(noun, industrious, bum, idler)
5
ne'er-do-well(noun, industrious, bum, idler)
5
slouch(noun, slang, industrious, bum, idler)
5
slugabed(noun, industrious, bum)
5
sluggard(noun, industrious, bum)
3
dawdler(noun, idler)
3
goldbrick(noun, idler)
3
goof-off(noun, bum, idler)
3
loiterer(noun, idler)
3
skiver
3
slowpoke(noun, idler)
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