ne'er–do–well

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of NE'ER-DO-WELL

an idle worthless person <the local ne'er-do-wells seem to hang out on the street corners at all hours of the day and night>

Synonyms bum, derelict, do-nothing, good-for-nothing, no-account, no-good, no-goodnik, slacker, vagrant

Related Words hobo, sundowner [Australian], tramp, vagabond; drifter, roamer, transient; beggar, panhandler; dodger, goldbrick, shirker; gamine, ragamuffin, urchin, waif; drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard; down-and-out (or down-and-outer), indigent, pauper

Near Antonyms success, winner

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