no–goodnik

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of NO-GOODNIK

an idle worthless person <an otherwise intelligent woman who has a singular gift for picking boyfriends who invariably turn out to be no-goodniks>

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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