Definition for Deadbeat:

• Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

Synonyms for Deadbeat:

• n.

  •
  • debtor,
  • taker,
  • vulture,
  • beggar,
  • parasite,
  • bum,
  • leech.
  •
  • lump.
  •beggar (noun)
  • scrounger,
  • supplicators,
  • askers,
  • borrowers,
  • borrower,
  • asker,
  • rustler,
  • Supplicator,
  • rustlers,
  • scroungers,
  • hobo.
  •bum (noun)
  • layabout,
  • lazybones.
  •criminal, often young (noun)
  • delinquent.
  •deadbeat (noun)
  • defaulter.
  •debtor (noun)
  • mortgagor,
  • welshers,
  • mortgagors,
  • welsher.
  •delinquent (noun)
  • deadhead,
  • male factor,
  • jailbird,
  • re-probate,
  • reprobates,
  • no show,
  • dawdler,
  • young offender,
  • deadheads,
  • recreants,
  • male-factor,
  • defaulters,
  • lounger,
  • dawdlers,
  • JDS,
  • re probates,
  • re probate,
  • evader,
  • loungers,
  • neglecters,
  • evaders,
  • no shows,
  • neglecter,
  • de relict,
  • young offenders,
  • hoodlums,
  • de-relict,
  • re-probates,
  • de-relicts,
  • male factors,
  • de relicts,
  • jailbirds,
  • juvies,
  • juvie,
  • felon,
  • male-factors.
  •do-nothing (noun)
  • idler,
  • lazy person,
  • good for nothing,
  • clock watcher,
  • lotus eaters,
  • goofoff,
  • lazy persons,
  • goof offs,
  • goof off,
  • clock watchers,
  • donothing,
  • lazy people,
  • lotus eater,
  • goof-off,
  • spongers,
  • do nothing,
  • goof-offs,
  • goofoffs.
  •failure (noun)
  • might-have-been,
  • underachievers,
  • has-been,
  • washout,
  • has-beens,
  • no good,
  • born loser,
  • born losers,
  • bankrupts,
  • nonperformer,
  • underachiever,
  • incompetents,
  • insolvents,
  • lumpy.
  •freeloader (noun)
  • loafer,
  • moocher.
  •parasite (noun)
  • bootlicker,
  • takers,
  • dependents,
  • hanger-on.
  •person (noun)
  • deadbeat.
  •person who does not succeed (noun)
  • failure.
  •shirker (noun)
  • shirker.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • goldbrick,
  • ne'er-do-well,
  • slacker,
  • cheapskate,
  • wastrel,
  • slowpoke,
  • money-grubber,
  • slob,
  • Ligger,
  • good-for-nothing,
  • skinflint,
  • tightwad,
  • timeserver,
  • freeloader,
  • miser,
  • scrooge,
  • laggard,
  • sponger.
  •
  • sponge,
  • bloodsucker,
  • passenger.
  •
  • norm.
  •
  • vegetable.

Paraphrases for Deadbeat:

• Independent

  • Foreign word
    sleepyhead.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    parasitic.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    parasite, bum.

Antonyms for Deadbeat:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    go-getter, go ahead, powerhouse, rustler, comer, achiever, doer, highflier, live wire, hummer, self-starter.

Homophones for Deadbeat:

• debate, depot, deathbed, devout, deadbeat dad, daybed, deviate, defeat, diabeta, debit, day by day, david, davit, depth, divot, devote, deputy, deaf-aid, dipped, debut, devotee, deep-eyed, deft, debt, daft, divide, day bed, DVD, divided, dead body, defeated, doped, doubt, defat, duvet, dubiety, devoid, dipodidae, deep-dye, devoted, depute.

Hypernym for Deadbeat:

• n.

  • person
    deadbeat dad.

Hyponym for Deadbeat:

• n.

  • person
    debtor, Debitor.