nnoun.persona soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effortHypernyms:shirker slacker soldier
Inherited Hypernyms:goldbrickslackeridlernonworkerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:goldbrickslackeridlernonworkerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:goldbricksoldierenlisted personservicemanskilled workerworkerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:goldbricksoldierenlisted personservicemanskilled workerworkerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.personan idle worthless personSynset:good-for-naught good-for-nothing goof-off ne'er-do-well no-account
Derivationally Related Form:good-for-nothinggood-for-naught
Hypernyms:bum do-nothing idler layabout loafer
Inherited Hypernyms:goldbrickidlernonworkerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:goldbrickidlernonworkerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifacta brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is notHypernyms:block cube
Inherited Hypernyms:goldbrickblocksolidshapeattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.actanything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthlessDomain Usage:figurefigure of speechimagetrope
Hypernyms:dupery fraud fraudulence hoax humbug put-on
Inherited Hypernyms:goldbrickfraudtrickerydeceptionfalsificationwrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.socialdeprive of by deceit; Synset:bunco con defraud diddle hornswoggle mulct nobble rook scam short-change swindle victimize
Examples:- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
Derivationally Related Form:swindlescamconswindlerscammerbuncovictimizationdefrauder
Hypernyms:cheat chisel rip off
Inherited Hypernyms:victimizecheatvictimizewrongtreatinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:shortshort-change
Full Troponyms:short-change
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody PP | They --- him of all his money (apply to: swindle, rook, defraud, mulct, diddle, con, bunco, nobble)
vverb.socialavoid (one's assigned duties)Synset:fiddle shirk shrink from
Examples:- The derelict soldier shirked his duties
Derivationally Related Form:shirkingshirkergoldbricking
Hypernyms:avoid
Inherited Hypernyms:fiddleavoid
Direct Hyponyms:malingerscrimshankskulkslack
Full Troponyms:malingerscrimshankslack
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s (apply to: goldbrick)