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Noun
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
soldier
(an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
"the soldiers stood at attention"
S:
(n)
enlisted person
(a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer)
S:
(n)
serviceman
,
military man
,
man
,
military personnel
(someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)
"two men stood sentry duty"
S:
(n)
skilled worker
,
trained worker
,
skilled workman
(a worker who has acquired special skills)
S:
(n)
worker
(a person who works at a specific occupation)
"he is a good worker"
S:
(n)
person
,
individual
,
someone
,
somebody
,
mortal
,
soul
(a human being)
"there was too much for one person to do"
S:
(n)
organism
,
being
(a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
S:
(n)
living thing
,
animate thing
(a living (or once living) entity)
S:
(n)
whole
,
unit
(an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
S:
(n)
object
,
physical object
(a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
"it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
S:
(n)
physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
S:
(n)
causal agent
,
cause
,
causal agency
(any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
slacker
,
shirker
(a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))
S:
(n)
idler
,
loafer
,
do-nothing
,
layabout
,
bum
(person who does no work)
"a lazy bum"
S:
(n)
nonworker
(a person who does nothing)
S:
(n)
person
,
individual
,
someone
,
somebody
,
mortal
,
soul
(a human being)
"there was too much for one person to do"
S:
(n)
organism
,
being
(a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
S:
(n)
living thing
,
animate thing
(a living (or once living) entity)
S:
(n)
whole
,
unit
(an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
part meronym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
object
,
physical object
(a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
"it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
S:
(n)
physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
causal agent
,
cause
,
causal agency
(any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
S:
(n)
physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
S:
(n)
goldbrick
,
goof-off
,
ne'er-do-well
,
good-for-nothing
,
no-account
,
good-for-naught
(an idle worthless person)
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not)
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless)
domain usage
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
fraud
,
fraudulence
,
dupery
,
hoax
,
humbug
,
put-on
(something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)
S:
(n)
trickery
,
chicanery
,
chicane
,
guile
,
wile
,
shenanigan
(the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them))
S:
(n)
deception
,
deceit
,
dissembling
,
dissimulation
(the act of deceiving)
S:
(n)
falsification
,
misrepresentation
(a willful perversion of facts)
S:
(n)
wrongdoing
,
wrongful conduct
,
misconduct
,
actus reus
(activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
"he denied any wrongdoing"
S:
(n)
activity
(any specific behavior)
"they avoided all recreational activity"
S:
(n)
act
,
deed
,
human action
,
human activity
(something that people do or cause to happen)
S:
(n)
event
(something that happens at a given place and time)
S:
(n)
psychological feature
(a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
S:
(n)
abstraction
,
abstract entity
(a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
Verb
S:
(v)
victimize
,
swindle
,
rook
,
goldbrick
,
nobble
,
diddle
,
bunco
,
defraud
,
scam
,
mulct
,
hornswoggle
,
short-change
,
con
(deprive of by deceit)
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";
direct troponym
/
full troponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
fiddle
,
shirk
,
shrink from
,
goldbrick
(avoid (one's assigned duties))
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties"