layabout
nounHow many syllables in layabout?
There are 3 syllables in the word layabout.How to pronounce layabout:
Definition of layabout:
- layabout (noun):
- a lazy person
- a lazy shiftless person idler
- noun. person who does no work.
Synonyms for layabout:
beachcomber
bludger
bum
clock watcher
couch potato
dallier
dawdler
daydreamer
deadbeat
dilly-dallier
dillydallier
do-nothing
drone
goldbrick
good-for-nothing
goof-off
idler
laggard
lagger
lazybones
lie-abed
loafer
loon
lounger
mope
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Antonyms for layabout:
acceptance
accreditation
achiever
acquiescence
agreement
approbation
approval
assent
authorisation
authority
authorization
blessing
bootstrapper
burner of the midnight lamp
burner of the midnight oil
busy bee
can-doer
clearance
consent
dispensation
doer
dynamo
endorsement
go getter
go-ahead
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- judgmental
- emerged
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