English Explanatory Dictionary

do-nothing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Doing nothing, not taking any action.
noun
  1. A lazy person.

Word forms

do-nothing do-nothings

Etymology

Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb, but from the phrase do nothing, which English expresses as a verb phrase containing a complement.

Synonyms

idler bum couch potato dawdler deadbeat dogfucker do-naught do-nothing dosser idleton faineant flaneur footler get-nothing goldbricker goof-off lallygag lollygagger laggard layabout lazy ass lazybones lazy louse lidderon lie-abed loafer loiter-sack lounge lizard lounger morepork poop ragabash shirker slacker slow belly slugabed slug-a-bed slugabug sluggabed sluggard sofa spud tarrier truant

Antonyms

doer agent dynamo gunner self-starter

Related words

know-nothing

Derived words

do-nothingism do-nothingness
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