Antonyms for loafer
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : loh-fer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈloʊ fər |
Definition of loafer
Origin :- "idler, person who loafs," 1830, of uncertain origin (see loaf (v.)). As a type of shoe, 1937. Related: Loafers.
- noun person who is idle, lazy
- A good worker like him, not a loafer or a drunkard, he could have understood in that case.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- Only one man may be scouted by any one, and that is the loafer.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- And, as for their calling you a loafer—well, that's your own fault, too.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The loafer came in with a grin of good-nature on his perspiring and dirty face.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- What did she think he was—a fool, a loafer, a uniformed nonentity?
- Extract from : « The Game of Rat and Dragon » by Cordwainer Smith
- To be proud that one wasn't a loafer or a drone, or a parasite on the body economic.
- Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
- It is sunshine all the time in this lotus land of the loafer.
- Extract from : « The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice » by Stephen Leacock
- He spoke in a refined voice, though his appearance was that of a loafer.
- Extract from : « The Golden Face » by William Le Queux
- All the mowing was done with scythes, and the raking with hand rakes and "loafer" rakes.
- Extract from : « When Life Was Young » by C. A. Stephens
- If people don't understand what it is you want to do, they always call you a loafer!
- Extract from : « Villa Rubein and Other Stories » by John Galsworthy
Synonyms for loafer
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