loafer

Other forms of loafer

plural

loafers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about loafer

What does loafer mean?

loafer 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 loafer?

loafer has 2 syllables: loa-fer. The stress falls on "loa". In IPA it is /ˈloʊfɚ/.

What is another word for loafer?

Close synonyms include idler, do-nothing, 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 loafer a common word?

loafer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.