Meanings
plural malingerers · alternative malingeror
- A person who malingers.
It is telling, in this context of rising rates of mental illness, that New Labour committed itself, early in its third term in government, to removing people from Incapacity Benefit, implying that many, if not most, claimants are malingerers.
2009, Mark Fisher, chapter 5, in Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Zero Books, →ISBN, page 37Synonyms: goldbrick, one of his majesty's bad bargains, pseudopatient
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who malingers.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech simulant
- simulantperson who malingers
Danish simulant
- simulantperson who malingers
German Simulant, Simulatin
- Simulantperson who malingers
- Simulatinperson who malingers
- Scheinkrankerperson who malingers
- Scheinkrankeperson who malingers
Hungarian szimuláns, színlelt beteg
- szimulánsperson who malingers
- színlelt betegperson who malingers
Polish symulant, symulantka
- symulantperson who malingers
- symulantkaperson who malingers
Russian симуля́нт, симуля́нтка
- симуля́нт (simuljánt)person who malingers
- симуля́нтка (simuljántka)person who malingers
Swedish simulant
- simulantperson who malingers
Ukrainian симуля́нт, симуля́нтка
- симуля́нт (symuljánt)person who malingers
- симуля́нтка (symuljántka)person who malingers
Cite this entry
malingerer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malingerer
“malingerer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malingerer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malingerer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malingerer.
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