Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ne'er-do-well

1 sense of ne'er-do-well

Sense 1
goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught -- (an idle worthless person)
       => idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum -- (person who does no work; "a lazy bum")