Bootstrapper and Lazybones

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Bootstrapper noun - An ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired.

Usage example: he was the proverbial bootstrapper, having worked his way up from the mail room to the corner office

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Lazybones is an antonym for bootstrapper.

Lazybones noun - A lazy person.

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Bootstrapper is an antonym for lazybones.

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Lazybones and Bootstrapper. (2017). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bootstrapper/lazybones

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