loafer C2+ Topic:Describing People US /ˈloʊfɚ/ UK /ˈləʊfə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a lazy idler; a low slip-on shoe He spent the summer as a loafer, doing nothing of note. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a lazy idler; a low slip-on... idlerslackerlayaboutloungershirkermoccasin ↔ Opposites workergo-getter Word family Related forms loafloafing Etymology AI details From loaf ('to idle, lounge'), of uncertain origin, perhaps from German Landläufer ('vagabond'), + the agentive suffix -er. The shoe sense (a slip-on, 'leisure' shoe) arose in the 1930s. Topics Describing People Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # loafer **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈloʊfɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈləʊfə/ ## Meanings 1. a lazy idler; a low slip-on shoe ## Examples - He spent the summer as a loafer, doing nothing of note. ## Synonyms - idler - slacker - layabout - lounger - shirker - moccasin ## Antonyms - worker - go-getter ## Related Forms - loaf - loafing ## Etymology From loaf ('to idle, lounge'), of uncertain origin, perhaps from German Landläufer ('vagabond'), + the agentive suffix -er. The shoe sense (a slip-on, 'leisure' shoe) arose in the 1930s. ## AI Etymology Loafer comes from loaf ('to idle, lounge'), of uncertain origin, perhaps from German Landläufer ('vagabond'), + the agentive suffix -er. The shoe sense (a slip-on, 'leisure' shoe) arose in the 1930s. The same word family includes loaf, loafing. Its current noun use means "a lazy idler; a low slip-on shoe". ## Topics - Describing People - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown