NE'ER-DO-WELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ne'er-do-well mean? 

• NE'ER-DO-WELL (noun)
  The noun NE'ER-DO-WELL has 1 sense:

1. an idle worthless person

  Familiarity information: NE'ER-DO-WELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NE'ER-DO-WELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An idle worthless person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("ne'er-do-well" is a kind of...):

bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)