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Synonyms for goldbrick in English

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goldbrick:
- goldbrick; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; good-for-naught; no-account; goof-off
- fiddle; shrink from; shirk; goldbrick

English

Detailed Synonyms for goldbrick in English

goldbrick:

goldbrick [the ~] noun

the goldbrick

– anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless ¹
the goldbrick
– anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless ¹
- goldbrick [the ~] noun
the goldbrick

– a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not ¹
the goldbrick
– a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not ¹
- goldbrick [the ~] noun
the goldbrick

– an idle worthless person ¹
the good-for-nothing; the ne'er-do-well; the good-for-naught; the no-account; the goof-off; the goldbrick
– an idle worthless person ¹
- good-for-nothing [the ~] noun
- ne'er-do-well [the ~] noun
- good-for-naught [the ~] noun
- no-account [the ~] noun
- goof-off [the ~] noun
- goldbrick [the ~] noun
the goldbrick

– a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort ¹
the goldbrick
– a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort ¹
- goldbrick [the ~] noun

goldbrick verb

goldbrick

– avoid (one's assigned duties) ¹
to fiddle; to shrink from; shirk; goldbrick
– avoid (one's assigned duties) ¹
- fiddle verb (fiddles, fiddled, fiddling)
- shrink from verb (shrinks from, shrank from, shrinking from)
- shirk verb
  - The derelict soldier shirked his duties¹
- goldbrick verb

Alternate Synonyms for "goldbrick":

soldier; slacker; shirker
goof-off; ne'er-do-well; good-for-nothing; no-account; good-for-naught; idler; loafer; do-nothing; layabout; bum
block; cube
fraud; fraudulence; dupery; hoax; humbug; put-on
victimize; swindle; rook; nobble; diddle; bunco; defraud; scam; mulct; gyp; gip; hornswoggle; short-change; con; cheat; rip off; chisel
fiddle; shirk; shrink from; avoid

Related Definitions for "goldbrick":

anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless¹
a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not¹
an idle worthless person¹
a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort¹
avoid (one's assigned duties)¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University