What is another word for do-nothing?
Synonyms for do-nothing
dudo-noth·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bumadjective
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, 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, loafer, rat, behindAntonyms:
responsibledo-nothing(a)adjective
characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility
"a do-nothing government"
Antonyms:
responsible
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#34 | can | |
#1304 | ass | |
#1531 | behind | |
#1796 | bottom | |
#2740 | seat | |
#3398 | rear | |
#4580 | butt | |
#5910 | rat | |
#5936 | tail | |
#10536 | stern | |
#17287 | posterior | |
#20585 | bum | |
#20651 | fanny | |
#20771 | git | |
#23240 | hobo | |
#24656 | arse | |
#25040 | tramp | |
#27265 | skunk | |
#30327 | buns | |
#32782 | backside | |
#33149 | crumb | |
#33207 | buttocks | |
#38443 | puke | |
#45591 | rump | |
#47936 | idler | |
#51134 | loafer | |
#58813 | prat | |
#81978 | tush | |
#88781 | nates | |
#97992 | stinker | |
#101378 | lowlife | |
#122628 | rotter | |
#123253 | derriere | |
#132482 | hindquarters | |
#135789 | keister | |
#156396 | fundament | |
#297778 | layabout |
How to use do-nothing in a sentence?
Paul Erickson is Paul Erickson. Paul Erickson has done nothing to harm our country and never would.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
It was absolutely critical in the early part of this outbreak to have full access to everything possible, to get on the ground and work with the Chinese to understand this, this is what we did with every other hard-hit country like Spain and had nothing to do with China specifically.
AiR:
Without Religion we will be Nothing but Only with Religion, we can't be Anything.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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