deadbeatEnglishOxford English Thesaurusdeadbeat noun informal derogatory there's no room for deadbeats in the navy: layabout, loafer, lounger, idler, waster, wastrel, good-for-nothing, parasite, useless article; informal bum, scrounger, sponger, sponge, freeloader; British, informal skiver, cadger.deadbeat Oxford Dictionary of English