a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle.
a college dropout
beatnik,hippy,bohemian,nonconformist,free spirit,avant-gardist,rebel,misfit,outsider,loner,eccentric,idler,layabout,loafer,lounger,good-for-nothing,freak,oddball,deadbeat,waster,bum,bad boy
a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle.
a college dropout
beatnik,hippy,bohemian,nonconformist,free spirit,avant-gardist,rebel,misfit,outsider,loner,eccentric,idler,layabout,loafer,lounger,good-for-nothing,freak,oddball,deadbeat,waster,bum,bad boy
derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag
tramp,vagrant,vagabond,down and out,homeless person,drifter,knight of the road,beggar,mendicant,outcast,pariah,ne’er do well,good-for-nothing,wastrel,streety,dosser,bag lady,hobo,bum,derro
bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich
tramp,vagrant,vagabond,homeless person,derelict,down-and-out,itinerant,traveller,drifter,wanderer,person of no fixed address,beachcomber,ne’er do well,good for nothing,outcast,pariah,beggar,mendicant,hobo,bagman,sundowner,swagman,streety,crusty,bag lady,dosser,derro
verb
get by asking or begging.
they tried to bum money off us
scrounge,beg,borrow,sponge,touch someone for,scab,cadge,sorn on someone for,mooch,bludge
bums had been known to wander up to their door and ask for a sandwich
tramp,vagrant,vagabond,homeless person,derelict,down-and-out,itinerant,traveller,drifter,wanderer,person of no fixed address,beachcomber,ne’er do well,good for nothing,outcast,pariah,beggar,mendicant,hobo,bagman,sundowner,swagman,streety,crusty,bag lady,dosser,derro
verb
get by asking or begging.
they tried to bum money off us
scrounge,beg,borrow,sponge,touch someone for,scab,cadge,sorn on someone for,mooch,bludge
adjective
of poor quality; bad or wrong.
not one bum note was played
bad,poor,inferior,second-rate,second-class,unsatisfactory,inadequate,unacceptable,substandard,not up to scratch,not up to par,deficient,imperfect,defective,faulty,shoddy,amateurish,careless,negligent,dreadful,awful,terrible,abominable,frightful,atrocious,disgraceful,deplorable,hopeless,worthless,laughable,lamentable,miserable,sorry,third-rate,diabolical,execrable,crummy,rotten,pathetic,useless,woeful,lousy,appalling,abysmal,pitiful,godawful,dire,not up to snuff,the pits,duff,chronic,rubbish,ropy,poxy,crap,shit,chickenshit