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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul go
a human being

nonworker go
a person who does nothing

bum, idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout
person who does no work

noun.person

15 Subcategories

clock watcher go
a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time
couch potato go
an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)
lounger, dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope go
someone who wastes time
poke, drone, trailer, dawdler, laggard, lagger go
someone who takes more time than necessary
daydreamer, woolgatherer go
someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught go
an idle worthless person
lazybones go
a lazy person
lie-abed, slugabed go
a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour
loon go
a worthless lazy fellow
slacker, shirker go
a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
slug, sluggard go
an idle slothful person
spiv go
a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes
sunbather go
someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan
trifler go
one who behaves lightly or not seriously
whittler go
someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)