layabout

As an adjective idle

is empty, vacant.

As a verb idle

is to spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.

As a noun layabout is

a lazy person.

As nouns the difference between layabout and loafer

is that layabout is a lazy person while loafer is an idle person.

As nouns the difference between shirker and layabout

is that shirker is one who shirks a duty or responsibility while layabout is a lazy person.

As nouns the difference between idler and layabout

is that idler is one who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction while layabout is a lazy person.

As an adjective idler

is (idle).

As nouns the difference between deadbeat and layabout

is that deadbeat is a lazy person while layabout is a lazy person.

As an adjective deadbeat

is having a damped needle that stops without oscillation.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and layabout

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while layabout is a lazy person.

As nouns the difference between fool and layabout

is that fool is (pejorative) a person with poor judgment or little intelligence while layabout is a lazy person.

As a verb fool

is to trick; to make a fool of someone.