What does goldbrick mean?

goldbrick means "a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in goldbrick?

goldbrick has 2 syllables: gold-brick. The stress falls on "gold".

What is another word for goldbrick?

Close synonyms include goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is goldbrick a common word?

goldbrick is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

goldbrick — meaning, pronunciation and 6 definitions

noun

4 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
Broadersoldier slacker
2.
an idle worthless person
Synonymsgoof-off ne'er-do-well good-for-nothing no-account good-for-naught
Broaderidler
3.
a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
Broaderblock
4.
anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
Broaderfraud
trope

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
deprive of by deceit
“He swindled me out of my inheritance”
“She defrauded the customers who trusted her”
Synonymsvictimize swindle rook nobble diddle bunco defraud scam mulct hornswoggle short-change con
Broadercheat
Narrowershort-change
2.
avoid (one's assigned duties)
“The derelict soldier shirked his duties”
Synonymsfiddle shirk shrink from
Broaderavoid
Narrowerscrimshank malinger slack

Other forms of goldbrick

plural: goldbricks·
past tense: goldbricked·
present participle: goldbricking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about goldbrick

What does goldbrick mean?: goldbrick means "a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in goldbrick?: goldbrick has 2 syllables: gold-brick. The stress falls on "gold".
What is another word for goldbrick?: Close synonyms include goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is goldbrick a common word?: goldbrick is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for goldbrick come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

4 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
Broadersoldier slacker
2.
an idle worthless person
Synonymsgoof-off ne'er-do-well good-for-nothing no-account good-for-naught
Broaderidler
3.
a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
Broaderblock
4.
anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
Broaderfraud
trope

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
deprive of by deceit
“He swindled me out of my inheritance”
“She defrauded the customers who trusted her”
Synonymsvictimize swindle rook nobble diddle bunco defraud scam mulct hornswoggle short-change con
Broadercheat
Narrowershort-change
2.
avoid (one's assigned duties)
“The derelict soldier shirked his duties”
Synonymsfiddle shirk shrink from
Broaderavoid
Narrowerscrimshank malinger slack

Other forms of goldbrick

plural: goldbricks·
past tense: goldbricked·
present participle: goldbricking·

Questions about goldbrick

What does goldbrick mean?: goldbrick means "a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in goldbrick?: goldbrick has 2 syllables: gold-brick. The stress falls on "gold".
What is another word for goldbrick?: Close synonyms include goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is goldbrick a common word?: goldbrick is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for goldbrick come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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