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busywork
Overview of noun busywork
The noun busywork has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. busywork, make-work -- (active work of little value; "while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun busywork
1 sense of busywork
Sense 1
busywork, make-work
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun busywork
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun busywork
1 sense of busywork
Sense 1
busywork, make-work
=> work
Antonyms of noun busywork
Member Holonyms of noun busywork
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Attributes of noun busywork
Derived Forms of noun busywork
Domain of noun busywork
Domain Terms of noun busywork
Familiarity of noun busywork
busywork used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun busywork
1 sense of busywork
Sense 1
busywork, make-work
> work
=> wash, washing, lavation
=> action
=> job
=> job
=> operation, procedure
=> service
=> shining, polishing
=> heavy lifting
=> housewifery
=> housework, housekeeping
=> ironing
=> busywork, make-work
=> logging
=> loose end, unfinished business
=> nightwork
=> paperwork
=> welfare work, social service
=> labor, labour, toil
=> subbing, substituting
=> investigation, investigating
=> care, attention, aid, tending
=> duty
=> mission, missionary work
=> spadework
=> timework
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
=> coursework
Meronyms of noun busywork
1 sense of busywork
Holonyms of noun busywork
Grep of noun busywork
busywork
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