loafer
nounHow many syllables in loafer?
There are 2 syllables in the word loafer.How to pronounce loafer:
Definition of loafer:
- loafer (noun):
- one that loafs idler
- noun. a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel.
Synonyms for loafer:
bum
clock watcher
couch potato
creeper
dallier
dawdler
daydreamer
deadbeat
delayer
dilly-dallier
dillydallier
do-nothing
drone
goldbrick
good-for-nothing
goof-off
idler
laggard
lagger
layabout
lazybones
lie-abed
loon
lotus-eater
lounger
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Antonyms for loafer:
acceptance
accreditation
achiever
acquiescence
agreement
approbation
approval
assent
authorisation
authority
authorization
blessing
bootstrapper
can-doer
clearance
consent
dispensation
doer
dynamo
endorsement
go getter
go-ahead
go-getter
hard worker
highflier
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- esteemed
- drizzling
- conspire
- betta
- banal
- aggress
- trowel
- vigor
- ordered
- martyr
- manor
- pockets
- Niklaus
- Anais
- whiffling
- setting
- hora
- concerned
- casein
- precept
- obtain
- ethic
- untried
- suspense
- subtlest
- soulful
- possessed
- piedmonts
- mess up
- lengthwise
- flaunted
- dimmest
- ascribe
- adroit
- valour
- unclenched
- order
- duxelles
- covers
- Haiti
- gamer
- emmaus
- dyspnea
- transpired
- textured
- grimaced
- floral
- far-flung
- cymbal
- conquered
- … more
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