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dronenoun1 a lazy personthose drones just lie around while we do all the work couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, idler, layabout, lazybones, loafer, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard bum, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-wellcrawler, creeper, dawdler, laggard, putterer, slowpoke, snail, stick-in-the-mud, stragglerclock-watcher, goldbrick, malingerer, shirker, slackerdallier, lingerer, loiterer, loller, lounger, sauntererdelayer, procrastinatordropout, quitter doer, go-ahead, go-getter, hummer, hustler, rustler, self-starter achiever, comer, highflier(or highflyer)live wire, powerhouse a person who does very hard or dull workafter lunch my fellow drones and I shuffle back to our cubicles dogsbody(chiefly British), drudge, drudger, fag, foot soldier, grub, grubber, grunt, laborer, peon, plugger, slave, slavey, slogger, toiler, worker workhorseserf goldbrick, shirkeridler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard dronenoun2a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motionheard the drone of an airplane overhead burr, buzz, chirr, churr, hum, purr, thrum, whir(also whirr), whiz(or whizz), zoom babble, coo, gasp, gurgle, hiss, moan, murmur, rustle, sigh, suspiration, susurration, susurrus, whisperwhish, zing, zip bawl, howl, roar, scream, screech, shriek, squall, squeal, yelp, yell droneverbto fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory soundthe sound of droning bees all around us bumble, burr, buzz, hum, whir(also whirr), whish, whiz(or whizz), zip, zoom chirr, churrthrumfizz, hiss, murmur, purr, rustle, sigh, sizzle, swish, whispercoo, currwheeze, whistle, whoosh to spend time doing nothinginstead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents bum, chill, dally, dawdle, dillydally, footle, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), hang about(British), idle, kick around, kick back, laze, lazy, loaf, loll, lounge, veg out fiddle (around), fool, mess, monkey, muck, piddle, play, potter (around), putter (around), trifledoze, estivate(also aestivate), hibernatelag, linger, loiter, poke, relax, rest, tarryamble, mosey, saunter, stroll, swanfurlough, goldbrick, malinger, truant kill time, twiddle one's thumbs drudge, grind, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg, plod, plow, plug, slave, sweat, toil, travail, workapply, buckle (down)exert, put out before the 12th century |