malingered

The word “malingered” has 3 syllables: ma-ling-ered

It's pronounced as /məˈlɪŋɡərd/


What is synonym and antonym for malingered?

In the thesaurus, “malingered” has 8 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for malingered along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for malingered

  • bummed
  • fooled
  • idled
  • lazied
  • lingered
  • messed
  • played
  • rested

Antonyms for malingered

  • applied
  • ground
  • grubbed
  • humped
  • hustled
  • labored
  • pegged
  • plodded
  • plowed
  • plugged
  • slaved
  • sweat
  • sweated
  • toiled
  • worked
  • wrought

Meanings of malingered

  • verb
    1. To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
    2. To self-inflict real injury or infection (to inflict self-harm) in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.

Example Sentences

  • He malingered for days, claiming he was too sick to go to work.
  • The teacher suspected that some of the students had malingered to avoid the difficult exam.
  • She was caught after she had malingered for an entire week to skip her responsibilities.
  • The company fired him after finding out that he had malingered for weeks without any real illness.
  • He had malingered so often that his colleagues no longer believed his excuses.

On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to malingered, such as: applied, bummed, fooled, ground, grubbed, humped, hustled.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

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  • aestivated
  • ambled
  • amused
  • be insincere with
  • boondoggle
  • bummed
  • carry on
  • cavorted
  • chilled
  • coquetted
  • cosset
  • courted
  • crawled
  • crept
  • dabbled
  • dawdled
  • decelerated
  • delayed
  • delighted
  • diddled
  • dillydallied
  • disported
  • diverted
  • dozed
  • drag
  • dragged
  • droned
  • dropped behind
  • eased
  • entertained
  • estivated
  • fell behind
  • filibustered
  • flirted
  • fool around
  • fool with
  • fooled
  • fooled around
  • footled
  • frisked
  • fritter away
  • frivol
  • frivoled
  • frivolled
  • frolic
  • frolicked
  • furloughed
  • gambol
  • gamboled
  • gambolled
  • goldbricked
  • hang about
  • hanged
  • have a fling
  • hibernated
  • horse around
  • hung
  • hung about
  • hung fire
  • idle
  • idled
  • inched
  • jerk off
  • jested
  • joked
  • joshed
  • kicked around
  • kicked back
  • kidded
  • killed time
  • lag
  • lagged
  • lallygagged
  • lazed
  • lazied
  • lead on
  • led on
  • linger
  • lingered
  • loafed
  • loiter
  • loitered
  • lolled
  • lollygag
  • lollygagged
  • lounged
  • lumbered
  • malingered
  • manipulated
  • marked time
  • mashed
  • messed
  • messed around
  • monkeyed
  • moped
  • moseyed
  • mucked
  • piddled
  • play around
  • play games with
  • played
  • pleased
  • plodded
  • poked
  • procrastinate
  • procrastinated
  • put off
  • put on
  • putter
  • razzed
  • recreated
  • relaxed
  • rested
  • ribbed
  • rollick
  • rollicked
  • romp
  • romped
  • sauntered
  • screwed around
  • shilly-shallied
  • shuffled
  • skylarked
  • sported
  • staggered
  • stalled
  • strolled
  • strung along
  • swanned
  • tamper
  • tarried
  • tarry
  • teased
  • temporized
  • toyed
  • trail
  • trifle with
  • trifled
  • truanted
  • vamped
  • vegged out
  • wanton
  • waste time
  • while away
  • wooed

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