Hypernyms for "loafer"
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clock watcher
couch potato
dallier
dawdler
daydreamer
dillydallier
dilly-dallier
drone
goldbrick
good-for-naught
good-for-nothing
goof-off
laggard
lagger
lazybones
lie-abed
loon
lounger
mope
ne''er-do-well
no-account
poke
shirker
slacker
slug
slugabed
sluggard
spiv
sunbather
trailer
trifler
whittler
woolgatherer
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.