Synonyms for goldbrick
ˈgoʊldˌbrɪkgold·brick

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1. goldbricknoun

   a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

   Synonyms:
   good-for-naught, no-account, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, goof-off

2. goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naughtnoun

   an idle worthless person

   Synonyms:
   good-for-naught, no-account, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, goof-off

3. goldbricknoun

   a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not

   Synonyms:
   good-for-naught, no-account, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, goof-off

4. goldbrickverb

   anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

   Synonyms:
   good-for-naught, no-account, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, goof-off

5. victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, converb

   deprive of by deceit

   "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

   Synonyms:
   rook, cabbage, fiddle, hook, nobble, victimize, gip, shirk, swindle, con, memorise, snatch, diddle, lift, gyp, kidnap, abstract, toy, abduct, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, short-change, defraud, hornswoggle, play, victimise, sneak, bunco, pinch, swipe, short, memorize, learn, scam, mulct, shrink from

6. fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrickverb

   avoid (one's assigned duties)

   "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

   Synonyms:
   monkey, shirk, con, play, rook, tinker, bunco, swindle, shrink from, toy, tamper, nobble, gyp, victimize, scam, fiddle, hornswoggle, diddle, gip, short-change, defraud, mulct

Matched Categories

1. • Block
   • Idler
   • Slacker
   • Soldier

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