as in slackers
one who deliberately avoids work or duty
even before we weighed anchor, the captain forcefully served notice that there would be no shirkers on his ship
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shirkers
Noun
-
Each, in their way, is ambitious — no room for slackers here!
-
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.
Noun
-
Unlike many conventional air defense systems, Titan-MS focuses on small drones that are difficult to detect with legacy equipment.
-
Russia had launched a barrage of missiles and drones against Kyiv in the early hours of Monday, killing at least 19 people, authorities said.
Noun
-
Having snakes around is actually beneficial to gardening—many snakes feed on garden pests such as slugs and snails, and others prey on rodents.
-
Old Coffee Coffee grounds are sometimes spread around gardens or mixed into the soil to enrich it and deter slugs, snails, and other pests.
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
“Shirkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shirkers. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
