flaneur

12 synonyms for flaneur, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Noun — Someone who wanders without purpose, roaming at a leisurely pace. A person who walks in order to watch and take pleasure in their surroundings rather than to reach a destination.

Synonyms

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

bum

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

ambler wanderer stroller dosser lazybones dawdler faineant lollygagger loafer idler laggard

Synonyms by Meaning

1. noun

Someone who wanders without purpose, roaming at a leisurely pace. A person who walks in order to watch and take pleasure in their surroundings rather than to reach a destination.

“Portsmouth is a flaneur’s dream come true, a place that simply begs to be explored randomly and on foot.”

ambler wanderer stroller

2. noun

A lazy person who avoids doing any work.

“The Byrons and Brookes who had defied life from mountain tops were in the end but flaneurs and poseurs, at best mistaking the shadow of courage for the substance of wisdom.”

bum dosser lazybones dawdler faineant lollygagger loafer idler laggard

Etymology

Taken from French flâneur ("loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer").

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