loafer

noun

loaf·​er ˈlō-fər 

1

: one that loafs : idler

2

: a low step-in shoe

Synonyms

• couch potato
• deadbeat
• do-nothing
• drone
• idler
• layabout
• lazybones
• lotus-eater
• slouch
• slug
• slugabed
• sluggard

Examples of loafer in a Sentence

an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything

Recent Examples on the Web

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Word History

Etymology

perhaps short for landloafer, from German Landläufer tramp, from Land + Läufer runner

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing loafer

• penny loafer

Rhymes for loafer

• gopher

Kids Definition

loafer

noun

loaf·​er ˈlō-fər 

1

: a person who loafs

2

: a low shoe with no laces