Definition of FLANEUR

flaneur

Meanings

Plural: flaneurs

Noun

  • One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
  • An idler, a loafer.

Verb

  • To wander aimlessly or at a lounging pace. To walk to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.

Origin / Etymology

From French flâneur (“loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer”).

Synonyms

ambler, bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, do-naught, do-nothing, dogfucker, dosser, faineant, flaneur, footler, get-nothing, goldbricker, goof-off, idler, idleton, laggard, lallygag, layabout, lazy ass, lazy louse, lazybones, lidderon, lie-abed, loafer, loiter-sack, lollygagger, lounge lizard, lounger, morepork, poop, ragabash, saunterer, shirker, slacker, slow belly, slug-a-bed, slugabed, slugabug, sluggabed, sluggard, sofa spud, stroller, tarrier, truant, wanderer

Scrabble Score: 10

flaneur is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
flaneur is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flaneur is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

flaneur is a valid Words With Friends word