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boondoggle
Overview of noun boondoggle
The noun boondoggle has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. boondoggle -- (work of little or no value done merely to look busy)
Overview of verb boondoggle
The verb boondoggle has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. boondoggle -- (do useless, wasteful, or trivial work)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boondoggle
1 sense of boondoggle
Sense 1
boondoggle
=> waste, wastefulness, dissipation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun boondoggle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boondoggle
1 sense of boondoggle
Sense 1
boondoggle
=> waste, wastefulness, dissipation
Antonyms of noun boondoggle
Member Holonyms of noun boondoggle
Substance Holonyms of noun boondoggle
Part Holonyms of noun boondoggle
Member Meronyms of noun boondoggle
Substance Meronyms of noun boondoggle
Part Meronyms of noun boondoggle
Meronyms of noun boondoggle
Holonyms of noun boondoggle
Attributes of noun boondoggle
Derived Forms of noun boondoggle
1 sense of boondoggle
Sense 1
boondoggle
RELATED TO>(verb) boondoggle#1
=> boondoggle
Domain of noun boondoggle
Domain Terms of noun boondoggle
Familiarity of noun boondoggle
boondoggle used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun boondoggle
1 sense of boondoggle
Sense 1
boondoggle
> waste, wastefulness, dissipation
=> boondoggle
=> waste of effort, waste of energy
=> waste of material
=> waste of money
=> waste of time
=> extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life
=> squandering
Meronyms of noun boondoggle
1 sense of boondoggle
Holonyms of noun boondoggle
Grep of noun boondoggle
boondoggle
Antonyms of verb boondoggle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boondoggle
1 sense of boondoggle
Sense 1
boondoggle
=> work
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb boondoggle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boondoggle
1 sense of boondoggle
Sense 1
boondoggle
=> work
'Cause To' of verb boondoggle
Derived Forms of verb boondoggle
1 sense of boondoggle
Sense 1
boondoggle
RELATED TO>(noun) boondoggle#1
=> boondoggle
Domain of verb boondoggle
Domain Terms of verb boondoggle
Familiarity of verb boondoggle
boondoggle used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb boondoggle
1 sense of boondoggle
Sense 1
boondoggle
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb boondoggle
1 sense of boondoggle
Sense 1
boondoggle
> work
=> work through, run through, go through
=> putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around
=> carpenter
=> clerk
=> page
=> wait, waitress
=> pull one's weight
=> electioneer
=> assist
=> beaver, beaver away
=> work at, work on
=> plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's shoulder to the wheel
=> busy, occupy
=> collaborate, join forces, cooperate, get together
=> volunteer
=> specialize, specialise
=> minister
=> intern
=> skipper
=> boondoggle
=> skimp, scant
=> serve
=> work
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb boondoggle
Sense 1
boondoggle
=> work
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Grep of verb boondoggle
boondoggle
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