Person who does no work.
synonyms: bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout.
Roget 268:
traveler,
wayfarer,
voyager,
itinerant,
passenger,
commuter.
tourist,
excursionist,
explorer,
adventurer,
mountaineer,
hiker,
backpacker,
Alpine Club;
peregrinator†,
wanderer,
rover,
straggler,
rambler;
bird of passage;
gadabout,
gadling†;
vagrant,
scatterling†,
landloper†,
waifs and estrays†,
wastrel,
foundling;
loafer;
tramp,
tramper;
vagabond,
nomad,
Bohemian,
gypsy,
Arab†,
Wandering Jew,
Hadji,
pilgrim,
palmer;
peripatetic;
somnambulist,
emigrant,
fugitive,
refugee;
beach comber,
booly†;
globegirdler†,
globetrotter;
vagrant,
hobo [U.S.],
night walker,
sleep walker;
noctambulist,
runabout,
straphanger,
swagman,
swagsman [Austral.];
trecker†,
trekker,
zingano†,
zingaro†.
runner,
courier;
Mercury,
Iris,
Ariel†,
comet.
pedestrian,
walker,
foot passenger;
cyclist;
wheelman.
rider,
horseman,
equestrian,
cavalier,
jockey,
roughrider,
trainer,
breaker.
driver,
coachman,
whip,
Jehu,
charioteer,
postilion,
postboy†,
carter,
wagoner,
drayman†;
cabman,
cabdriver;
voiturier†,
vetturino†,
condottiere†;
engine driver;
stoker,
fireman,
guard;
chauffeur,
conductor,
engineer,
gharry-wallah†,
gari-wala†,
hackman,
syce†,
truckman†.
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Roget 683:
inactivity;
inaction
etc.
681;
inertness
etc.
172;
obstinacy
etc.
606.
lull
etc.
(cessation)
142;
quiescence
etc.
265;
rust,
rustiness.
idleness,
remissness
etc.
adj.;
sloth,
indolence,
indiligence†;
dawdling
etc.
v..
ergophobia†,
otiosity†.
dullness
etc.
adj.;
languor;
segnity†,
segnitude†;
lentor†;
sluggishness
etc.
(slowness)
275;
procrastination
etc.
(delay)
133;
torpor,
torpidity,
torpescence†;
stupor
etc.
(insensibility)
823;
somnolence;
drowsiness
etc.
adj.;
nodding
etc.
v.;
oscitation†,
oscitancy†;
pandiculation†,
hypnotism,
lethargy;
statuvolence heaviness†,
heavy eyelids.
sleep,
slumber;
sound sleep,
heavy sleep,
balmy sleep;
Morpheus;
Somnus;
coma,
trance,
ecstasis†,
dream,
hibernation,
nap,
doze,
snooze,
siesta,
wink of sleep,
forty winks,
snore;
hypnology†.
dull work;
pottering;
relaxation
etc.
(loosening)
47;
Castle of Indolence.
[Cause of inactivity]
lullaby,
sedative,
tranquilizer,
hypnotic,
sleeping pill,
relaxant,
anaesthetic,
general anaesthetic
etc.
174;
torpedo.
[person who is inactive]
idler,
drone,
droil†,
dawdle,
mopus†;
do-little faineant [Fr.],
dummy,
sleeping partner;
afternoon farmer;
truant
etc.
(runaway)
623;
bummer†,
loafer,
goldbrick,
goldbicker,
lounger,
lazzarone [It];
lubber,
lubbard†;
slow coach
etc.
(slow.)
275;
opium eater,
lotus eater;
slug;
lag†,
sluggard,
slugabed;
slumberer,
dormouse,
marmot;
waiter on Providence,
fruges consumere natus [Lat.].
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Roget 949:
bad man,
wrongdoer,
worker of iniquity;
evildoer
etc.
913;
sinner;
the wicked
etc.
945;
bad example.
villain,
rascal,
scoundrel,
miscreant,
budmash†,
caitiff†;
wretch,
reptile,
viper,
serpent,
cockatrice,
basilisk,
urchin;
tiger†,
monster;
devil
etc.
(demon)
980;
devil incarnate;
demon in human shape,
Nana Sahib;
hellhound,
hellcat;
rakehell†.
bad woman,
jade,
Jezebel.
scamp,
scapegrace,
rip,
runagate,
ne'er-do-well,
reprobate,
scalawag,
scallawag.
rou_e [Fr.],
rake;
Sadist;
skeesicks [Slang],
skeezix [U.S.];
limb;
one who has sold himself to the devil,
fallen angel,
ame damnee [Fr.],
vaurien†,
mauvais sujet [Fr.],
loose fish,
sad dog;
rounder [Slang];
lost sheep,
black sheep;
castaway,
recreant,
defaulter;
prodigal
etc.
818.
rough,
rowdy,
hooligan,
tough,
ugly customer,
mean mother [Coll.],
ruffian,
bully,
meanie [Joc.];
Jonathan Wild;
hangman.
incendiary,
arsonist,
fire bug [U.S.].
thief
etc.
792;
murderer,
terrorist
etc.
361.
[person who violates the criminal law]
culprit,
delinquent,
crook,
hoodlum,
hood,
criminal,
thug,
malefactor,
offender,
perpetrator,
perp [Coll.];
disorderly person,
misdemeanant [Law];
outlaw;
scofflaw;
vandal;
felon,
(convicted criminal);
criminal;
convict,
prisoner,
inmate,
jail bird,
ticket of leave man;
multiple offender.
blackguard,
polisson†,
loafer,
sneak;
rapscallion,
rascallion†;
cullion†,
mean wretch,
varlet,
kern†,
ame-de-boue [Fr.],
drole†;
cur,
dog,
hound†,
whelp†,
mongrel†;
lown†,
loon,
runnion†,
outcast,
vagabond;
rogue
etc.
(knave)
941;
ronian†;
scum of the earth,
riffraff;
Arcades ambo†.
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Dutch: luiaard, nietsnut, rentenier
Polish: leniuch, leser, leń, leniuszek, leniwiec, nierób