Ne'er-do-well
Ne'er-do-well noun - An idle worthless person.
Usage example: the local ne'er-do-wells seem to hang out on the street corners at all hours of the day and night
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Synonyms for Ne'er-do-well
Slacker and ne'er-do-well are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slacker" instead a noun phrase "Ne'er-do-well".
Slacker
Slacker noun - An idle worthless person.
Usage example: views the under-30 generation as a bunch of slackers
Ne'er-do-well and slacker are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ne'er-do-well" instead a noun "Slacker".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bum and ne'er-do-well
- bum and slacker
- slouch and ne'er-do-well
- slouch and slacker
- idler and ne'er-do-well
- idler and slacker
- vagrant and ne'er-do-well
- vagrant and slacker
- good-for-nothing and ne'er-do-well
- good-for-nothing and slacker
- loafer and ne'er-do-well
- loafer and slacker
- laggard and ne'er-do-well
- laggard and slacker
Both words in one sentence
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Brilliant, but Lazy: George managed to become a successful attorney despite having been a slacker and a ne'er-do-well in high school.
Source: Series / Life With Derek
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Slacker and Ne'er-do-well. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ne_er-do-well/slacker
Ne'er-do-well & Slacker. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ne_er-do-well/slacker>.
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