do-nothing

1. 1.

   person who does no work

   “a lazy bum”

   Synonymsidlerloaferlayaboutbum

   Broadernonworker

   Narrowerclock watchercouch potatodallierdawdlerdaydreamergoldbricklazyboneslie-abedloonslacker

1. 1.

   characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility

   “a do-nothing government”

   Similarirresponsible

Questions about do-nothing

What does do-nothing mean?

do-nothing means "person who does no work". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in do-nothing?

do-nothing has 3 syllables: do--no-thing. The stress falls on "do-".

What is another word for do-nothing?

Close synonyms include idler, loafer, layabout, bum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is do-nothing a common word?

do-nothing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.