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Noun
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort)
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sister term
S:
(n)
soldier
(an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
"the soldiers stood at attention"
S:
(n)
slacker
,
shirker
(a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))
S:
(n)
goldbrick
,
goof-off
,
ne'er-do-well
,
good-for-nothing
,
no-account
,
good-for-naught
(an idle worthless person)
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sister term
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"
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)
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)
goldbrick
(a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not)
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
goldbrick
(anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless)
domain usage
direct hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
fraud
,
fraudulence
,
dupery
,
hoax
,
humbug
,
put-on
(something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)
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";
S:
(v)
fiddle
,
shirk
,
shrink from
,
goldbrick
(avoid (one's assigned duties))
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties"