Antonyms for loafer
ˈloʊ fərloafer

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1. loafernoun

   Synonyms:
   penny loafer, idler, bumpkin, lout, yob, yobbo, footler, bum

2. loafernoun

   An idle person.

   Synonyms:
   yobbo, yob, footler, penny loafer, lout, bum, bumpkin, idler

3. loafernoun

   A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.

   Synonyms:
   bumpkin, penny loafer, yobbo, bum, yob, lout, footler, idler

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1. • Shoe

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1. idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bumnoun

   person who does no work

   "a lazy bum"

   Synonyms:
   fanny, tail, seat, crumb, butt, hobo, skunk, rear end, scum bag, can, nates, bottom, git, layabout, fundament, stinker, posterior, buttocks, do-nothing, puke, stern, stinkpot, backside, bum, dirty dog, idler, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, so-and-so, hind end, rotter, rump, lowlife, keister, tramp, ass, prat, arse, rear, tush, rat, behind

2. Loafernoun

   a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel

   Synonyms:
   bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout

How to use loafer in a sentence?

1. Henry David Thoreau:

   If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

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