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View usage for: lazybones in British English (ˈleɪzɪˌbəʊnz) lazybones in American English (ˈleɪziˌboʊnz) lazybones in American English (ˈleiziˌbounz) noun(usually used with a sing v) informal a lazy person Word origin [1580–90 lazy + bone + -s3]Examples of 'lazybones' in a sentencelazybones Looking for a walking holiday for lazybones?A selfconfessed lazybones, it is not the physical side that hurts now, it's the mind.So this health-and-safety monster does exist: in the minds of jobsworths, lazybones and buck-passers, not in the law.A walking tour for lazybones? Synonyms of 'lazybones'idler, lounger, piker, shirker More Synonyms of lazybones Definition a lazy person (informal) Get this lazybones to school! Synonyms lounger shirker couch potato (slang) sleepyhead sluggard bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal) slugabed Additional synonymsDefinition a person who avoids work He's a bit of a loafer, who once worked in a bar but disliked being bossed around. Synonyms idler, lounger, bum (informal), piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang), drone (British), shirker, couch potato (slang), time-waster, layabout, skiver (British, slang), ne'er-do-well, wastrel, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), lazybones (informal) Definition shirker He works so hard he makes the rest of us look like pikers. Synonyms slacker, shirker, skiver (British, slang), loafer, layabout, idler, passenger, do-nothing, dodger, good-for-nothing, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), gold brick (US, slang), scrimshanker (British, slang) Synonyms slacker, piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang), dodger, shirk, quitter, skiver (British, slang), idler, malingerer, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), clock-watcher, gold brick (US, slang), scrimshanker (British, slang) - laze
- laziness
- lazy
- lazybones
- leach
- lead
- lead off
Additional synonymsHe was a skiver and a thief. Synonyms slacker, loafer, idler, do-nothing, piker (Australian, New Zealand, slang), dodger, shirker, bludger (Australian, New Zealand, informal), gold brick (US, slang), scrimshanker (British, slang) |