as in shirker
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clock-watcher
Noun
-
About 20 races took place at Folsom City Lions Park, with up to nine snails per heat climbing one-foot poles; Mayor Justin Raithel motivated his snail with lettuce and made the semifinals before finishing fourth.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 May 2026 -
And cyclists, bus drivers, walkers and the motoring public need to have a head on a swivel paired with the calmness of a snail around such intersections — a lot could be going on.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
Noun
-
Some are climbers or creepers, like euonymous (winter creeper).—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
7 May 2026
-
This creeper has bluish-green foliage that turns reddish purple in winter and reaches 8-12 inches high with a spread of 6-8 feet.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
Presumably, future episodes will continue to offer various one-off installments set in the show’s original status quo, when Mordecai and Rigby were just young slackers trying to avoid work.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
-
Plus, the slacker peaches finally get to work.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
Noun
-
Be sure that the rear lure always has a hook, as the bass typically key in on the ‘straggler’ when attacking a ball of bait.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
-
This spring, Brood II stragglers will emerge between late April and May in states like Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, and North Carolina, according to a map from the University of Connecticut.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
-
Traders have been buying tech giants on dips and selling big-name laggards including Costco, UnitedHealth and Alibaba, according to data from retail trading giant Robinhood Markets published via Sherwood.—
Oliver Renick,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
-
The laggards in the polls also took on Steyer, painting him as hypocritical for claiming an environmentalist’s mantle, after acquiring some of his vast wealth with fossil fuel investments.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
Noun
-
Vandals quickly stripped it bare, from its electrical wiring to its rooftop mechanicals, and loiterers congregating outside its doors and in its parking lot sometimes numbered in the dozens during a difficult post-pandemic downturn for the Midway.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
An empty shoe can also come to host a creepy crawler.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
14 May 2026
-
This environment dictates utilization of sea-bed crawler unmanned systems these can be legged, tracked or can employ both for locomotion.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Clock-watcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clock-watcher. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
