Synonyms: goldbrick
Definition: anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
Similar words: dupery, hoax, humbug, fraud, fraudulence, put-on
Definition: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Synonyms: goldbrick
Definition: a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
Definition: a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
Synonyms: goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account
Definition: an idle worthless person
Similar words: idler, bum, layabout, loafer, do-nothing
Definition: person who does no work
Usage: a lazy bum
Synonyms: goldbrick
Definition: a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
Similar words: slacker, shirker
Definition: a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
Similar words: soldier
Definition: an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
Usage: the soldiers stood at attention
Synonyms: goldbrick, fiddle, shirk, shrink from
Definition: avoid (one's assigned duties)
Usage: The derelict soldier shirked his duties
Similar words: avoid
Definition: refrain from doing something
Usage: She refrains from calling her therapist too often; He should avoid publishing his wife's memories
Synonyms: hornswoggle, goldbrick, gip, gyp, bunco, short-change, scam, rook, con, diddle, defraud, swindle, mulct, nobble, victimize
Definition: deprive of by deceit
Usage: 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
Similar words: rip off, cheat, chisel
Definition: deprive somebody of something by deceit
Usage: The con-man beat me out of $50; This salesman ripped us off!; we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme; They chiseled me out of my money