Synonyms of good-for-naught
120 similar words
Another word for good-for-naught is bastardly. Other synonyms of good-for-naught are cacky, cocking, cruddy, draffish and dreckish.
Synonyms and similar words for good-for-naught
adjectiveSynonym of good-for-nothing.
- bastardlyOf no use or purpose; useless; worthless.
- cacky UK, slangWorthless or no-good; rubbishy.
- cocking vulgarOffensive or worthless.
- cruddy slangCrummy, lousy, worthless.
- draffishWorthless; draffy.
- dreckishDrecky; worthless.
- dreckyTrashy, worthless.
- for the birds informalNot deserving serious consideration; unimportant; useless, worthless.
- fucking vulgarOffensive, annoying or worthless.
- garbageyLike garbage; trashy, worthless.
- good-for-nothingUseless; worthless.
- goodlessWorthless.
- ineffectualWorthless; ineffective.
- jabberwockyMeaningless, worthless.
- junkyResembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.
- mouldy UKWorthless; lousy; rotten.
- no-account UK, USOf no value or merit; good-for-nothing; of no account.
- no good / no-good
- nonvaluableNot valuable.
- not worth a damn
- not worth a dimeWorthless or nearly so: lacking in value.
- not worth a plug nickelHaving no or almost no value; worthless.
- not worth a brass farthingWorth nothing or next to nothing.
- not worth a cent
- not worth a cressWorthless.
- not worth a curseWorthless.
- not worth a ContinentalWorthless, lacking in value, especially due to economic inflation.
- not worth a farthing
- not worth a nickel
- not worth a penny
- not worth saltWorthless.
- not worth a whistleWorthless or pointless.
- of no value
- pissass vulgarWorthless, backward, undeveloped, nondescript, reprehensible, or small.
- punk USBad, substandard.
- putidRotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless.
- rubbishyOf little or no value; worthless.
- scabbedVile; worthless.
- scummy slangSleazy, worthless, no good.
- shand ScotlandWorthless.
- shitOf poor quality; worthless.
- shitey slang, vulgarShitty, worthless.
- shitstained vulgarFilthy, worthless.
- shitty-ass US, slangVery bad; worthless.
- sorry-ass slang, vulgarPitiful, worthless; utterly terrible or dire.
- strawlike figurativelyLight or worthless.
- suckworthyWorthless or inferior; sucky.
- tenth-rateOf extremely poor quality, godawful.
- toshy US, slangRubbishy, trashy; worthless.
- trinketyResembling or characteristic of a trinket; gaudy and worthless.
- tripyBad; worthless.
- two-bit US, slangInsignificant or worthless.
- unappreciatedNot deemed to have any value, valueless, worthless, not appreciated.
- vainHaving no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
- valuelessHaving no value; worthless.
- worthlessHaving no worth or use; without value.
- worth nothing
- wutlessWorthless; good-for-nothing.
- blown obsoleteStale; worthless.
- chaffy obsoleteOf as little value or substance as chaff; worthless.
- crapalicious rare, slangWorthless; bad.
- cullionly obsoleteMean, worthless, vulgar or otherwise inferior.
- draffy obsoleteConsisting of, or worthy of, the dregs, i.e. worthless.
- duffing UK, obsoleteLike a duffer; incompetent or worthless.
- floccinaucinihilipilificatious humorous, rareUnimportant, worthless.
- invaluable obsoleteNot valuable; valueless; worthless.
- mucid figuratively, rareRotten, bad, worthless.
- naughty obsoleteBad, worthless, substandard.
- not worth hell room US, datedWorthless.
- nought obsoleteGood for nothing; worthless.
- rubbishly archaicWorthless; rubbishy.
- sixpenny datedCheap; worthless.
- screwy archaicWorthless.
- triobolar obsoleteMean; worthless.
- unvaluable rareNot valuable; having little value.
nounSynonym of good-for-nothing.
- absolute zero slang
- assbucket slang, vulgarA worthless or objectionable person or thing.
- asswipe vulgar
- blatherskiteA worthless fellow; a deadbeat.
- bugger slang
- cipher
- cockstain slang, vulgarA worthless person.
- crumb slangA nobody; a worthless person.
- doink slangA fool; a jerk; a worthless person.
- dirtbag informal
- douchebag informalAny social misfit: a doofus, dork, nerd, or loser.
- drop kick slang
- fritlagA worthless person.
- fuckbucket humorous, slangA worthless or objectionable person or thing.
- geekAn unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
- hoon
- loserA contemptible or unfashionable person.
- louse
- maggot slang
- ne'er-do-well
- nobodyA person dismissed as unimportant.
- no-goodA worthless or useless person.
- no-mark slang
- nonentity
- nonce
- nowmun dialectalA worthless person.
- pelfA contemptible or useless person.
- pig dog
- pile of shit
- pissant
- ramp
- rinky-dink US, informalAn amateur or someone who is underqualified.
- shicer Australia, slang
- shitheap derogatory, slangA worthless place, thing, or person.
- slubberdegullion
- sparrow-fart slang
- streak of piss slang, vulgarA tall, thin person.
- toerag
- twerpA small or puny person; one regarded as insignificant, contemptible.
- wankstain slangTerm of abuse.
- waste of space
- underperson
- unworthyAn inadequate person.
- zeroA person dismissed as unimportant.
- badling rare
Meaning of good-for-naught
- adjective Synonym of good-for-nothing.
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