goldbrick
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
deprive of by deceit
He swindled me out of my inheritance
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- victimisation derivation
- scam derivation
- hustle derivation
- swindle derivation
- swindler derivation
Sense 3 noun
an idle worthless person
Types & categories
- idler hypernym
Related & opposite
- good-for-nothing derivation
Sense 4 verb
avoid (one's assigned duties)
The derelict soldier shirked his duties
Types & categories
- avoid hypernym
- scrimshank hyponym
- malinger hyponym
- slack hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
Types & categories
- cube hypernym
Sense 6 noun
anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
Types & categories
- dupery hypernym
Related & opposite
- trope domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | slacker |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | soldier |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | victimisation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scam |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hustle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swindle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swindler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cheat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | short |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | good-for-nothing |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | idler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shirking |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | slacker |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | avoid |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrimshank |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | malinger |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | slack |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cube |
| 6 | domain usage | Related & opposite | trope |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | dupery |