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Textual thesaurus for "bum"

(adj) sleazy, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, tinny, punk, crummy

of very poor quality; flimsy


(noun) keister, seat, rump, rear, rear end, posterior, prat, fanny, fundament, ass, behind, arse, backside, hind end, hindquarters, buns, butt, buttocks, can, bottom, derriere, tooshie, stern, tail, tail end, tush, nates

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

he deserves a good kick in the butt; are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?


(noun) idler, layabout, loafer, do-nothing

person who does no work

a lazy bum


(noun) rotter, skunk, so-and-so, scum bag, stinker, stinkpot, rat, puke, lowlife, git, crumb, dirty dog

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

only a rotter would do that; kill the rat; throw the bum out; you cowardly little pukes!; the British call a contemptible person a `git'


(noun) tramp, hobo

a disreputable vagrant

a homeless tramp; he tried to help the really down-and-out bums


(verb) cadge, sponge, grub, mooch

ask for and get free; be a parasite


(verb) loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, frig around, fuck off, bum about, bum around, arse about, arse around

be lazy or idle

Her son is just bumming around all day