do-nothing

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. fence-sitter, [time] waster, drone, idler. See inactivity.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. idle, indolent, passive; see indifferent 1 , lazy 1 .

n.

Syn. idler, sluggard, layabout, slacker; see loafer .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

*bum, idler, loafer, sloth, malingerer, moocher, lazybones, *goof-off, laggard, shirker, *couch potato, goldbricker, slacker.

ANT.: go-getter

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective Informal. Resistant to exertion and activity: faineant, idle, indolent, lazy, shiftless, slothful, sluggard, sluggish. Idiom: bone lazy. See ACTION, INDUSTRIOUS. II noun Informal. A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity: bum1, drone1, faineant, good-for-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel. Informal: do-little, lazybones, slug2. Slang: slouch. See INDUSTRIOUS.