All shirker synonyms

noun shirker

• goof-off — a foolish or stupid person.
• dodger — a person who dodges.
• goldbrick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
• quitter — a person who quits or gives up easily, especially in the face of some difficulty, danger, etc.
• coward — If you call someone a coward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations.
• dodgers — a person who dodges.
• idler — the state or quality of being idle.
• laggard — a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
• draft dodger — a person who evades or attempts to evade compulsory military service.
• fraidy-cat — a timid, easily frightened person: often used by children.
• lazybones — a lazy person.
• jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
• invertebrate — Zoology. not vertebrate; without a backbone. of or relating to creatures without a backbone.
• escaper — Person who escapes.
• awol — If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
• do-nothing — a person who chooses to do nothing; a lazy or worthless person.
• loafer — a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
• deserter — A deserter is someone who leaves their job in the armed forces without permission.
• dawdler — to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
• faintheart — person who lacks courage; coward.
• beachcomber — A beachcomber is someone who spends their time wandering along beaches looking for things they can use.
• invertebrates — Zoology. not vertebrate; without a backbone. of or relating to creatures without a backbone.
• clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
• awols — a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
• layabout — a lazy or idle person; loafer.
• backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
• defaulter — A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
• lounger — a person or thing that lounges.
• goldbricker — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
• nonpayer — One who is not a payer, who does not pay.
• ceder — to yield or formally surrender to another: to cede territory.
• malingerer — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
• avoider — to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person; to avoid taxes; to avoid danger.