waster[noun]Synonyms: layabout, good-for-nothing, idler, loafer, ne'er-do-well, shirker, skiver
(Brit. slang), wastrel
Related Words: dissipater,
fritterer,
idler,
loafer,
lounger [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
wast‧er /ˈweɪstə $ -ər/
noun [countable] [
Word Family: noun:
wastage,
waste,
wastefulness,
waster,
wastrel;
adjective:
waste,
wasteful,
wasted,
wasting;
verb:
waste;
adverb:
wastefully]
1. British English informal someone who you think will never achieve any success in life:
All her friends are drunks or wasters.2. time/money/energy waster someone or something that does not use time etc carefully or well
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲