nonworker

Other forms: nonworkers

Definitions of nonworker

1. noun

   a person who does nothing
   antonyms:

   worker

   a person who works at a specific occupation

   types:

   deadhead

   a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way

   bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer

   person who does no work

   retired person, retiree

   someone who has retired from active working

   striker

   an employee on strike against an employer

   unemployed person

   someone who is jobless

   vacationer, vacationist

   someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work

   camper

   someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation

   clock watcher

   a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time

   couch potato

   an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)

   dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope

   someone who wastes time

   dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer

   someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

   daydreamer, woolgatherer

   someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming

   emeritus

   a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties

   goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account

   an idle worthless person

   hunger marcher

   an unemployed person who participates in a hunger march

   lazybones

   a lazy person

   lie-abed, slugabed

   a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour

   loon

   a worthless lazy fellow

   shirker, slacker

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

   slug, sluggard

   an idle slothful person

   spiv

   a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time

   sport, summercater

   (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine

   summercaters

   (Maine colloquial) temporary summer residents of coastal Maine

   sunbather

   someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan

   trifler

   one who behaves lightly or not seriously

   weekender

   someone who vacations on a weekend

   whittler

   someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)

   drone

   an idler who lives off of the work of other people

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being