Synonyms of the word

goldbrick

• n. A gold brick, especially one that is fraudulent or nonexistent; (figuratively) a swindle, a con.
• n. (US slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
• n. (US slang, dated) A swindler.
• v. (US slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
• v. (US slang, dated) To swindle.

avoid

• v. (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor not to meet; to shun; to abstain from.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
• v. (transitive, now law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
• v. (transitive, law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To get rid of.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.

block

• n. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
• n. A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
• n. A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
• n. A residential building consisting of flats.
• n. The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
• n. Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
• n. (slang) The human head.
• n. A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
• n. A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
• n. A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.
• n. (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
• n. (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
• n. (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
• n. (rigging) A case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for…
• n. (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present…
• n. Something that prevents something from passing (see blockage).
• n. (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball,…
• n. (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum…
• n. (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s…
• n. (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
• n. A section of split logs used as fuel.
• n. (Britain) Solitary confinement.
• n. A cellblock.
• n. (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
• n. (printing, dated) A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
• n. (obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
• n. A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
• n. (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
• n. (cricket) A blockhole.
• n. (cricket) The popping crease.
• n. Misspelling of bloc.
• v. (transitive) To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
• v. (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
• v. (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
• v. (transitive, sports) To impede an opponent.
• v. (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
• v. (transitive) To disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone.
• v. (computing, intransitive) To wait.
• v. (transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.

bum

• n. The buttocks.
• n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal, rare, Canada, US) The anus.
• n. (by metonymy, informal) A person.
• v. (Britain, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
• interj. (Britain) An expression of annoyance.
• n. (Canada, US, colloquial) A homeless person, usually a man.
• n. (Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory) a hobo.
• n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
• n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
• n. (colloquial) A drinking spree.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, pejorative) To behave like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.
• v. (transitive, slang, Britain) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
• adj. Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
• adj. Unfair.
• adj. Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
• adj. Unpleasant.
• v. To depress; to make unhappy.
• n. (dated) A humming noise.
• v. (intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
• n. (obsolete) A bumbailiff.

bunco

• n. (US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
• n. A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women…
• n. brigand.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, US, slang) To swindle (someone).

cheat

• v. (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
• v. (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
• v. (transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
• v. (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
• v. To beguile.
• n. Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
• n. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition;…
• n. The weed cheatgrass.
• n. A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
• n. (video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat…

chisel

• n. Gravel.
• n. (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
• n. A cutting tool consisting of a slim oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end…
• v. (intransitive) To use a chisel.
• v. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.

con

• v. (rare) To study, especially in order to gain knowledge of.
• v. (rare, archaic) To know, understand, acknowledge.
• v. Variant spelling of conn: to conduct the movements of a ship at sea.
• n. A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
• n. (computing) A reserved word in MS-DOS applications, likely an abbreviation for console.
• n. (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.
• n. (slang) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal,…
• v. (transitive, slang) To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
• v. (nautical) To give the necessary orders to the helmsman to steer a ship in the required direction through…
• n. (nautical) The navigational direction of a ship.
• n. An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.

cube

• n. (geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
• n. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
• n. (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
• n. (computing) A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
• v. (transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself…
• v. (transitive) To form into the shape of a cube.
• v. (transitive) To cut into cubes.
• v. (Britain) to use a Rubik's cube.
• n. A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.

defraud

• v. (transitive) To obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle.

diddle

• n. (music) In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the…
• n. (slang, childish) The penis.
• v. (transitive) to cheat; to swindle.
• v. (transitive) to have sex with.
• v. (transitive) to masturbate (especially of women).
• v. (transitive) to waste time.
• v. (intransitive) To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.

do-nothing

• n. A lazy person.

dupery

• n. The act or practice of duping; the condition of being deceived.

fiddle

• n. (music) Any of various bowed string instruments, often used to refer to a violin when played in any of…
• n. A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves shaped like the musical instrument.
• n. An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.
• n. A fraud; a scam.
• n. (nautical) On board a ship or boat, a rail or batten around the edge of a table or stove to prevent objects…
• v. To play aimlessly.
• v. To adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud etc.
• v. (music) To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.
• v. To touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way, or tinker with something in an attempt…

fraud

• n. (law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
• n. Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
• n. The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
• n. A person who performs any such trick.
• n. (obsolete) A trap or snare.
• v. (obsolete) To defraud.

fraudulence

• n. The condition of being fraudulent.

gip

• v. Alternative form of gyp.
• n. A servant; a gyp.
• v. To take out the entrails of (herrings).

good-for-nothing

• adj. (idiomatic) useless; worthless.
• n. A person of little worth or usefulness.

goof-off

• n. (US, informal) An idle or work-shy person; a shirker.

gyp

• n. (pejorative, sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
• n. Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”).
• v. (pejorative, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone or something inappropriately.
• n. (Cambridge and Durham, England) A college servant.
• n. (Cambridge and Durham, England) The room in which such college servants work.
• n. (Cambridge and Durham, England) A small kitchen for use by college students.
• n. Gypsophila.
• n. Pain or discomfort.

hoax

• v. (transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously…
• n. Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

hornswoggle

• v. (transitive) To deceive or trick.

humbug

• n. (countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.
• n. (countable, uncountable, slang) A fraud or sham (countable); hypocrisy (uncountable).
• n. (countable, slang) A fraudster, cheat, or hypocrite.
• n. (uncountable, slang) Nonsense.
• n. (countable, Britain) A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
• n. (US, countable, slang) Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding,…
• n. (US, countable, African American Vernacular, slang) A fight.
• n. (countable, US, African American Vernacular, slang, dated) A gang.
• n. (countable, US, crime, slang) A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
• interj. (slang) Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish!
• v. (slang) To play a trick on someone, to cheat, to swindle, to deceive.
• v. (US, African American Vernacular, slang) To fight; to act tough.
• v. (slang, obsolete) To waste time talking.

idler

• n. One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.
• n. One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
• n. (nautical, dated) Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch.
• n. A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power, but supports a moving belt…
• adj. comparative form of idle: more idle.

layabout

• n. A lazy person.

loafer

• n. An idle person.
• n. A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.
• n. (Western US dialects) A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.

mulct

• n. (law) A fine or penalty, especially a pecuniary one.
• v. To impose such a fine or penalty.
• v. To swindle (someone) out of money.

ne'er-do-well

• n. A person without a means of support; an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a person who is ineffectual,…
• n. A person who is up to no good; a rogue.

no-account

• adj. (US, colloquial) Of no value or merit; good-for-nothing; of no account.

nobble

• v. (Britain, Australia, slang) To injure or obstruct intentionally.
• v. (Britain, slang) To gain influence by corrupt means or intimidation.
• v. (Britain, slang) To steal.

put-on

• n. A deception, hoax, or practical joke.

rook

• n. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
• n. A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
• n. (Britain) a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
• n. A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
• v. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
• n. (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally)…
• n. (rare) A castle or other fortification.
• n. (baseball, slang) A rookie.
• n. mist; fog; roke.
• v. (obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
• v. Eye dialect spelling of look.

scam

• n. A fraudulent deal.
• n. Something that is promoted using scams.
• v. (transitive) To defraud or embezzle.

shirk

• v. (transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
• v. (intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
• v. (transitive) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
• n. one who shirks.
• n. (Islam) the unforgivable sin of idolatry.

shirker

• n. One who shirks a duty or responsibility.
• n. One who is lazy.

short-change

• v. Alternative form of shortchange.

slacker

• n. One who procrastinates or is lazy.
• n. A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
• n. A person who seeks to avoid military service.
• n. (very rare) A user of the Slackware Linux operating system.
• n. A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.

soldier

• n. A member of an army, of any rank.
• n. A private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
• n. A guardsman.
• n. A member of the Salvation Army.
• n. (Britain, New Zealand) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into…
• n. A term of affection for a young boy.
• n. Someone who fights or toils well.
• n. The red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
• n. One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong…
• v. To continue.
• v. To be a soldier.
• v. To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished. Has also…

swindle

• v. (transitive) To defraud (someone).
• v. (intransitive) To obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods.
• n. An instance of swindling.

victimize

• v. To make someone a victim or sacrifice.
• v. To punish someone unjustly.
• v. To swindle or defraud someone.