Synonyms of drones

drones 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of drone

1

as in slugs

a lazy person

those drones just lie around while we do all the work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slugs
• snails
• loafers
• couch potatoes
• lotus-eaters
• sluggards
• deadbeats
• bums
• idlers
• layabouts
• slouches
• slugabeds
• delayers
• lazybones
• crawlers
• creepers
• stragglers
• lingerers
• do-nothings
• putterers
• shirkers
• slowpokes
• laggards
• clock-watchers
• dawdlers
• lollers
• saunterers
• loiterers
• goldbricks
• slackers
• malingerers
• good-for-nothings
• ne'er-do-wells
• stick-in-the-muds
• dalliers
• procrastinators
• loungers
• dropouts
• quitters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doers
• hustlers
• hummers
• self-starters
• comers
• achievers
• highfliers
• go-getters
• go-aheads
• powerhouses
• live wires

2

as in laborers

a person who does very hard or dull work

after lunch my fellow drones and I shuffle back to our cubicles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laborers
• workers
• slaves
• grubs
• peons
• foot soldiers
• grunts
• toilers
• grubbers
• pluggers
• sloggers
• dogsbodies
• drudges
• drudgers
• serfs
• workhorses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shirkers
• slugs
• loafers
• idlers
• sluggards
• goldbricks
• lazybones
• slouches

drones

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noun (2)

plural of drone

as in hums

a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion

heard the drone of an airplane overhead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hums
• buzzes
• purrs
• whispers
• zooms
• rustles
• thrums
• burrs
• whirs
• chirrs
• sighs
• churrs
• moans
• whizzes
• murmurs
• babbles
• gurgles
• gasps
• coos
• susurrations
• zings
• suspirations
• hisses
• susurruses
• zips
• whishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• screams
• shrieks
• screeches
• squalls
• squeals
• yells
• howls
• roars
• yelps
• bawls

drones

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verb

present tense third-person singular of drone

1

as in buzzes

to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound

the sound of droning bees all around us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hums
• buzzes
• zips
• whispers
• whirs
• zooms
• burrs
• whizzes
• hisses
• bumbles
• sighs
• murmurs
• whistles
• thrums
• coos
• whishes
• purrs
• chirrs
• wheezes
• fizzes
• churrs
• whooshes
• rustles
• swishes
• currs
• sizzles

2

as in lounges

to spend time doing nothing

instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lounges
• lazes
• dillydallies
• bums
• loafs
• plays
• kills time
• rests
• pokes
• chills
• kicks back
• strolls
• hacks (around)
• footles
• lazies
• idles
• hangs about
• goofs (off)
• vegges out
• dawdles
• hangs (around or out)
• relaxes
• lolls
• monkeys
• twiddles one's thumbs
• dallies
• fools
• messes
• kicks around
• mucks
• trifles
• loiters
• estivates
• potters (around)
• lingers
• dozes
• piddles
• fiddles (around)
• hibernates
• lags
• putters (around)
• swans
• saunters
• goldbricks
• ambles
• malingers
• furloughs
• tarries
• truants
• moseys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slaves
• plows
• works
• grubs
• plugs
• labors
• pegs
• toils
• plods
• grinds
• humps
• hustles
• applies
• sweats
• buckles (down)
• drudges
• travails
• moils
• exerts
• puts out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drones

Noun

Today, however, the current uses include drones that help ICE track immigrants, cyber attacks, and mass surveillance. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

The cost of mass-producing drones is several times cheaper than that of more exquisite equipment and technology. — Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026

This innovation now includes the widespread use of ground drones, which look like trollies and perform a wide range of tasks that have become too dangerous for troops. — Greg Myre, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026

That campaign managed to expel the rebels from Aden, but the Houthis — tough mountain fighters who received Iranian training to field and eventually manufacture drones and missiles — proved a difficult adversary. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 205 drones overnight into Monday, of which 172 were shot down or suppressed. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Fazio said that his private sector employment had nothing to do with his decision to vote in the state Senate against a high-profile bill that would prohibit Connecticut towns and state agencies from purchasing drones made in China and Russia. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Ukrainian forces were then able to deploy their own drones to drop unmanned ground vehicles behind enemy lines to attack the Russian troops from behind, Bolder said, without endangering their own personnel. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026

His work as a reporter, which subsidizes his writing career, has taken him to Afghanistan, Bosnia, Ukraine, Kosovo, and most recently, Kuwait, for an upcoming magazine story about drones and the war in Iran. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026