Definition for Shirker:

• a person who shirks their work or duty ( especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

Synonyms for Shirker:

• n.

  •coward (noun)
  • shirk,
  • deserter,
  • skulker,
  • malingerer.
  •defeatist (noun)
  • quitter.
  •deserter (noun)
  • slacker,
  • maroon,
  • runaway,
  • refugee,
  • delinquent,
  • truant.
  •do-nothing (noun)
  • layabout,
  • clock watcher,
  • lazybones,
  • laggard.
  •idler (noun)
  • loafer.
  •layabout (noun)
  • slugabed.
  •loafer (noun)
  • sluggard,
  • do-nothing,
  • wastrel,
  • ne'er-do-well.
  •malingerer (noun)
  • dodger.
  •person (noun)
  • slacker.
  •quitter (noun)
  • goldbricker,
  • piker.
  •shirker (noun)
  • slacker,
  • deadbeat,
  • good-for-nothing,
  • goof-off,
  • loafer,
  • idler,
  • quitter,
  • slouch,
  • goldbrick,
  • bum,
  • Avoider.

• Other synonyms:

  •defeatist
  • quitter.
  •poltroon
  • coward.
  •pretender
  • trifler.
  •run away
  • deserter.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Avoider,
  • idler,
  • fanny,
  • buttocks,
  • dodger,
  • shier,
  • clock watcher,
  • goldbrick,
  • gold brick,
  • fencer,
  • delinquent,
  • slacker,
  • ignorer,
  • Ducker,
  • swindler,
  • shirk,
  • lounge lizard,
  • neglecter,
  • evader,
  • puke,
  • balker,
  • trifler,
  • deserter,
  • malingerer,
  • Refuser,
  • soldier,
  • wastrel,
  • scammer,
  • layabout,
  • runaway,
  • goldbricker,
  • coward,
  • skulker,
  • skulk,
  • fiddler,
  • straggler,
  • Conner,
  • elude,
  • bum,
  • do-nothing,
  • maroon,
  • piker,
  • good-for-nothing,
  • truant,
  • refugee,
  • absentee,
  • hindquarters,
  • negligent,
  • Disregarder,
  • Eschewer,
  • bungler,
  • deadbeat,
  • welsher,
  • laggard,
  • slut,
  • procrastinator,
  • ne'er-do-well,
  • escapist,
  • blinker,
  • slinker,
  • skunk,
  • slugabed,
  • goof-off,
  • crumb,
  • lazy,
  • Nobbler,
  • slouch,
  • Runagate,
  • dawdler,
  • hedger,
  • nates,
  • fugitive,
  • sluggard,
  • old soldier,
  • sloven,
  • Skiver,
  • shunner,
  • quitter,
  • butt,
  • loafer,
  • slowcoach,
  • lazybones,
  • player,
  • derriere,
  • drone,
  • spiv,
  • Defrauder.

Antonyms for Shirker:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    hummer, pistol, powerhouse, live wire, self-starter, go-getter, rustler, doer.

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.