goldbrick
English Thesaurus
1. anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless (noun.act)
2. a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | block, cube, |
definition | : | a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides (noun.shape) |
3. an idle worthless person (noun.person)
4. a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort (noun.person)
hypernym | : | shirker, slacker, |
definition | : | a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) (noun.person) |
hypernym | : | soldier, |
definition | : | an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army (noun.person) |
5. avoid (one's assigned duties) (verb.social)
hypernym | : | avoid, |
definition | : | refrain from doing something (verb.social) |
hyponym | : | scrimshank, |
definition | : | British military language: avoid work (verb.social) |
hyponym | : | malinger, skulk, |
definition | : | avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill (verb.social) |
hyponym | : | slack, |
definition | : | avoid responsibilities and work, be idle (verb.social) |
6. deprive of by deceit (verb.social)
hypernym | : | cheat, chisel, rip off, |
definition | : | deprive somebody of something by deceit (verb.social) |
hyponym | : | short, short-change, |
definition | : | cheat someone by not returning him enough money (verb.social) |
7. an idle worthless person (noun.person)
8. avoid (one's assigned duties) (verb.social)
derivation | : | shirker, slacker, |
definition | : | a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) (noun.person) |
9. deprive of by deceit (verb.social)
derivation | : | cozenage, scam, |
definition | : | a fraudulent business scheme (noun.act) |
derivation | : | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting, |
definition | : | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act) |
derivation | : | cheat, rig, swindle, |
definition | : | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act) |
10. an idle worthless person (noun.person)
11. avoid (one's assigned duties) (verb.social)
derivation | : | shirker, slacker, |
definition | : | a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) (noun.person) |
12. deprive of by deceit (verb.social)
derivation | : | cozenage, scam, |
definition | : | a fraudulent business scheme (noun.act) |
derivation | : | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting, |
definition | : | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act) |
derivation | : | cheat, rig, swindle, |
definition | : | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act) |
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