'Loafer' definitions:
Definition of 'loafer'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel
Definition of 'Loafer'
From: GCIDE
- Loafer \Loaf"er\, n. [G. l[aum]ufer a runner, Prov. G. laufer, lofer, fr. laufen to run. See Leap.]
- 1. One who loafs; a lazy lounger. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A type of shoe without laces which can be easily slipped on or off; -- originally a trademark; as, he bought a new pair of loafers. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'loafer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Arab,
- beach bum,
- beachcomber,
- beggar,
- bo,
- bum,
- bummer,
- cadger,
- clock watcher,
- dallier,
- dawdle,
- dawdler,
- diddler,
- dillydallier,
- do-nothing,
- dogie,
- dolittle,
- doodler,
- drone,
- faineant,
- gamin,
- gamine,
- gentleman of leisure,
- goldbrick,
- goldbricker,
- goof-off,
- guttersnipe,
- hobo,
- homeless waif,
- idler,
- laggard,
- landloper,
- lazybones,
- lazzarone,
- lingerer,
- loiterer,
- loller,
- losel,
- lotus-eater,
- lounge lizard,
- lounger,
- lubber,
- mendicant,
- mendicant friar,
- mendicant order,
- moocher,
- mope,
- moper,
- mudlark,
- panhandler,
- piker,
- potterer,
- putterer,
- ragamuffin,
- ragman,
- ragpicker,
- rounder,
- schnorrer,
- scrounger,
- shirker,
- ski bum,
- slouch,
- sloucher,
- slug,
- slugabed,
- sluggard,
- stick-in-the-mud,
- stiff,
- stray,
- street Arab,
- street urchin,
- sundowner,
- surf bum,
- swagman,
- swagsman,
- tatterdemalion,
- tennis bum,
- time killer,
- time waster,
- tramp,
- trifler,
- turnpiker,
- urchin,
- vag,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- waif,
- waifs and strays,
- waiter on Providence,
- wastrel