Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shirker

1 sense of shirker

Sense 1
slacker, shirker -- (a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))
       => idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum -- (person who does no work; "a lazy bum")

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