Thesaurus:shirk

Thesaurus

shirk

English

Verb

Sense: to avoid a duty or responsibility

Synonyms

• blow off (US)
• dog    [⇒ thesaurus]
• doss
• duck
• flinch
• goldbrick (dated)
• goof off (US)
• lollygag (US)
• malinger
• procrastinate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• shirk
• shrink (from)
• slack off
• soldier    [⇒ thesaurus]
• swing the lead (idiomatic)

Hyponyms

• desert
• multislack
• play truant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• renege
• welch
•   —
• chuck a sickie
• do Abram (UK, archaic)
• pull a sickie
• sham Abram (UK, archaic)
• sham Abraham (UK, archaic)
• throw a sickie

Hypernyms

• avoid    [⇒ thesaurus]
• evade
• shy away from

See also

• lazy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• idler    [⇒ thesaurus]
• truancy    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “623. avoidance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “shirk” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• some synonyms at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.