166 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ʃˈɜːkə], [ ʃˈɜːkə], [ ʃ_ˈɜː_k_ə]

Similar words for shirker:

• coward (noun)
• deserter (noun)
• do-nothing (noun)
• layabout (noun)
• loafer (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• quitter (noun)
• other synonyms
• defeatist
• other relevant words (noun)

Homophones for shirker

Hypernyms for shirker

Hyponyms for shirker

Synonyms for Shirker:

• n.

  • coward (noun)
  • rabbit,
  • craven,
  • mouse,
  • funk,
  • pessimist,
  • cur,
  • caitiff,
  • gutless,
  • shirk,
  • recreant,
  • alarmist,
  • sneak,
  • dastard.
  • deserter (noun)
  • runaway,
  • backslider,
  • lawbreaker,
  • awol,
  • no-show,
  • derelict,
  • hookey player,
  • absconder,
  • betrayer,
  • defector,
  • delinquent,
  • criminal,
  • renegade,
  • escapers,
  • no show,
  • backsliders,
  • escapee,
  • refugee,
  • maroon,
  • slacker,
  • traitor,
  • Escaper,
  • apostate.
  • do-nothing (noun)
  • couch potato,
  • sloth,
  • moocher.
  • layabout (noun)
  • faineant,
  • no-good.
  • loafer (noun)
  • waster,
  • ne'er-do-well,
  • wastrel,
  • wanderer.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • chicken heart,
  • fraidy-cats,
  • spongers,
  • goof off,
  • dodger,
  • do-nothing,
  • poltroon,
  • wimp,
  • sponger,
  • Invertebrates,
  • slugabed,
  • jellyfishes,
  • loafer,
  • sluggard,
  • weakling,
  • ceder,
  • recreants,
  • coward,
  • lazy person,
  • faint-of-heart,
  • no good,
  • skulkers,
  • shirker,
  • beachcomber,
  • truant,
  • hooky player,
  • loungers,
  • skulker,
  • lazybones,
  • clock watcher,
  • lily liver,
  • lounger,
  • fraidy-cat,
  • laggard,
  • dodgers,
  • white liver,
  • goof-off,
  • do nothing,
  • clock watchers,
  • yellow belly,
  • jellyfish,
  • piker,
  • scaredy cat,
  • slugabeds,
  • invertebrate,
  • goof-offs,
  • fraidy cat,
  • goldbricker,
  • malingerer,
  • faintheart,
  • idler,
  • lotus eater,
  • deserter,
  • beachcombers,
  • good-for-nothing,
  • draft dodger,
  • pikers,
  • layabout,
  • chicken liver.
  • quitter (noun)
  • chicken,
  • dropout.

• Other synonyms:

  • defeatist
  • quitter.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • Eschewer,
  • Skiver,
  • slouch,
  • shunner,
  • buttocks,
  • butt,
  • hindquarters,
  • puke,
  • negligent,
  • scammer,
  • nates,
  • Conner,
  • fugitive,
  • neglecter,
  • procrastinator,
  • slinker,
  • welsher,
  • bum,
  • Ducker,
  • Refuser,
  • shier,
  • slowcoach,
  • lazy,
  • absentee,
  • player,
  • derriere,
  • sloven,
  • lounge lizard,
  • fiddler,
  • blinker,
  • old soldier,
  • goldbrick,
  • Defrauder,
  • fanny,
  • swindler,
  • slut,
  • deadbeat,
  • Nobbler,
  • skulk,
  • gold brick,
  • escapist,
  • Avoider,
  • ignorer,
  • straggler,
  • elude,
  • skunk,
  • Runagate,
  • spiv,
  • hedger,
  • Disregarder,
  • drone,
  • evader,
  • bungler,
  • trifler,
  • dawdler,
  • crumb,
  • soldier,
  • fencer,
  • balker.

Homophones for Shirker:

• sorcery, screw augur, scorcher, serger, surgery, searcher, square-rigger, scourger, sorcerer, scarecrow, screecher, screw auger, sour cherry, sharksucker, seersucker.

Hypernym for Shirker:

• n.

  • person
    shammer, goldbrick, skulker, malingerer, scrimshanker.

Hyponym for Shirker:

• n.

  • person
    layabout, bum, loafer, do-nothing, idler.