malingerer

Meanings

• a person who feigns illness, injury, or disability to avoid work, responsibility, or military service.

  - "The soldier was accused of being a malingerer, trying to avoid the front lines."
  - "Despite her painful symptoms, some people suspected she was a malingerer, trying to escape work or other responsibilities."

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Synonyms

goldbrick , one of his majesty's bad bargains , pseudopatient

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with malingerer
array of rhyming words: limerer , pretender , feigner , simulater , counterfeiter

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Variants

List of all variants of malingerer that leads to same result
malinger , malingered , malingerer , malingerers , malingering , malingers

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

mid 16th century: from French malinger ‘feign illness’, from mal ‘ill’ + ger ‘carry’.

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