Exact Match:
- sinecure
- an office that involves minimal duties
- a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
Synonyms:
- no synonyms found
Related Words:
- sitting duck
collapse - a defenseless victim related words >
- babe,
- boob,
- breeze,
- butt,
- chump,
- cinch,
- credulous person,
- cull,
- dupe,
- easy mark,
- easy pickings,
- easy target,
- easy thing,
- fall guy,
- fish,
- fool,
- gobe-mouches,
- greener,
- greenhorn,
- greeny,
- gudgeon,
- gull,
- innocent,
- leadpipe cinch,
- mark,
- monkey,
- patsy,
- picnic,
- pie,
- piece of cake,
- pigeon,
- plaything,
- prize sap,
- pushover,
- sap,
- saphead,
- schlemiel,
- setup,
- sinecure,
- sitter,
- snap,
- stooge,
- sucker,
- toy,
- trusting soul,
- velvet,
- victim
- pie
collapse
- dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top related words >
- Danish pastry,
- Deutschmark,
- French pastry,
- Mark,
- Reichsmark,
- afghani,
- anna,
- baht,
- baklava,
- blintz,
- breeze,
- cent,
- centavo,
- centime,
- chocolate eclair,
- cinch,
- conto,
- cream puff,
- dollar,
- dong,
- dowdy,
- easy target,
- easy thing,
- eclair,
- florin,
- franc,
- guilder,
- gulden,
- kip,
- kopeck,
- krona,
- krone,
- lira,
- milreis,
- pandowdy,
- pastry,
- pasty,
- patisserie,
- patty,
- patty-shell,
- peseta,
- picnic,
- piece of cake,
- piece of eight,
- pipe,
- pistareen,
- pound,
- puff,
- pushover,
- quiche,
- rand,
- rial,
- rosette,
- ruble,
- rupee,
- setup,
- shekel,
- shilling,
- sinecure,
- sitting duck,
- snap,
- sol,
- sou,
- stiver,
- strudel,
- tart,
- timbale,
- tipsy cake,
- trifle,
- turnover,
- velvet,
- vol-au-vent,
- won,
- yen
- velvet
collapse
- a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
- resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface
- smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste related words >
- Easy Street,
- affluence,
- alabaster,
- bed of roses,
- billiard table,
- blubber,
- bowling alley,
- bowling green,
- breeze,
- butter,
- cinch,
- clay,
- clover,
- comfort,
- contentment,
- cushion,
- daintiness,
- delicacy,
- dough,
- down,
- downiness,
- ease,
- easy circumstances,
- easy target,
- easy thing,
- eiderdown,
- feather bed,
- feathers,
- felicity,
- filminess,
- fine-grainedness,
- fineness,
- flat,
- fleece,
- fleshpots,
- floss,
- flue,
- fluff,
- fluffiness,
- foam,
- fuzz,
- fuzziness,
- glass,
- gossameriness,
- gracious life,
- gracious living,
- happiness,
- ice,
- ivory,
- kapok,
- lap of luxury,
- level,
- life of ease,
- loaves and fishes,
- luxury,
- mahogany,
- marble,
- peach fuzz,
- picnic,
- pie,
- piece of cake,
- pillow,
- plane,
- plush,
- prosperity,
- prosperousness,
- pubescence,
- pudding,
- puff,
- pushover,
- putty,
- refinement,
- rubber,
- satin,
- satininess,
- security,
- setup,
- silk,
- silkiness,
- sinecure,
- sitting duck,
- slide,
- smooth,
- smoothness,
- snap,
- softness,
- solid comfort,
- success,
- swansdown,
- tennis court,
- the affluent life,
- the good life,
- thistledown,
- thriving condition,
- upward mobility,
- velvetiness,
- wax,
- weal,
- wealth,
- welfare,
- well-being,
- wool,
- zephyr
- pushover
collapse
- someone who is easily taken advantage of related words >
- Cadmean victory,
- KO,
- Milquetoast,
- Pyrrhic victory,
- ascendancy,
- babe,
- baby,
- big baby,
- boob,
- breeze,
- championship,
- chicken,
- chump,
- cinch,
- cipher,
- conquest,
- credulous person,
- crybaby,
- cull,
- doormat,
- duck,
- dud,
- dull tool,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- easy mark,
- easy pickings,
- easy target,
- easy thing,
- easy victory,
- fall guy,
- fish,
- fool,
- gobe-mouches,
- grand slam,
- greener,
- greenhorn,
- greeny,
- gudgeon,
- gull,
- gutless wonder,
- hollow man,
- innocent,
- invertebrate,
- jackstraw,
- jellyfish,
- knockout,
- landslide,
- landslide victory,
- lay figure,
- lead-pipe cinch,
- leadpipe cinch,
- lightweight,
- man of straw,
- mastery,
- meek soul,
- milksop,
- mollycoddle,
- monkey,
- moral victory,
- mug,
- namby-pamby,
- nebbish,
- nobody,
- nonentity,
- nothing,
- nullity,
- pansy,
- pantywaist,
- patsy,
- picnic,
- pie,
- piece of cake,
- pigeon,
- pipe,
- plaything,
- prize sap,
- puppet,
- runaway victory,
- sad sack,
- sap,
- saphead,
- schlemiel,
- setup,
- sinecure,
- sissy,
- sitting duck,
- snap,
- soft touch,
- softling,
- softy,
- sop,
- stooge,
- subdual,
- subduing,
- success,
- sucker,
- sure thing,
- thing of naught,
- total victory,
- toy,
- trifle,
- triumph,
- trusting soul,
- velvet,
- victim,
- victory,
- walkaway,
- walkover,
- weak sister,
- weakling,
- win,
- winning,
- winning streak,
- zero
- breeze
collapse
- a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
- to proceed quickly and easily
- blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the shore" related words >
- air,
- ball the jack,
- barrel,
- blast,
- blow,
- blow a hurricane,
- blow great guns,
- blow over,
- blow up,
- blubber,
- bluster,
- boom,
- bowl along,
- breath,
- breeze along,
- breeze up,
- brew,
- brush,
- butter,
- carry by storm,
- cinch,
- clay,
- clip,
- come up,
- cooling breeze,
- cushion,
- cut along,
- dough,
- down,
- draught,
- easy target,
- easy thing,
- eiderdown,
- feather bed,
- feathers,
- fleece,
- fleet,
- flit,
- floss,
- flue,
- fluff,
- fly,
- fly low,
- foam,
- foot,
- freshen,
- gale,
- gather,
- gentle wind,
- go fast,
- gust,
- highball,
- huff,
- kapok,
- lead-pipe cinch,
- light air,
- light breeze,
- light wind,
- make knots,
- moderate breeze,
- nip,
- nothing,
- ocean breeze,
- onshore breeze,
- outstrip the wind,
- picnic,
- pie,
- piece of cake,
- pillow,
- pipe,
- pipe up,
- plush,
- pour it on,
- pudding,
- puff,
- pushover,
- putty,
- rage,
- rip,
- romp home,
- rubber,
- satin,
- scorch,
- sea breeze,
- set in,
- setup,
- silk,
- sinecure,
- sitting duck,
- sizzle,
- skim,
- slide,
- slip,
- snap,
- softblowing wind,
- speed,
- squall,
- storm,
- storm along,
- swansdown,
- sweep,
- take by storm,
- tear,
- tear along,
- thistledown,
- thunder along,
- velvet,
- waft,
- walk off with,
- walk over,
- waltz,
- waltz off with,
- wax,
- whiff,
- whiffle,
- whisk,
- whiz,
- win going away,
- win hands down,
- wind,
- wool,
- zephyr,
- zing,
- zip,
- zoom
- picnic
collapse
- any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
- eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday" related words >
- Cadmean victory,
- KO,
- Mardi Gras,
- Pyrrhic victory,
- Saturnalia,
- TV dinner,
- action,
- agonizing,
- agony,
- alfresco meal,
- arduous,
- ascendancy,
- ball,
- banquet,
- barbecue,
- big time,
- blowout,
- board,
- break bread with,
- breakfast,
- breeze,
- brunch,
- buffet supper,
- carnival,
- championship,
- cinch,
- clambake,
- coffee break,
- conquest,
- cook out,
- cookout,
- difficult,
- dine,
- dine out,
- diner,
- dinner,
- disagreeable,
- do,
- duck,
- easy target,
- easy thing,
- easy victory,
- eat out,
- elevenses,
- fair,
- feast,
- festival,
- festive occasion,
- festivity,
- fete,
- field day,
- fiesta,
- fish fry,
- fun,
- fun and games,
- funmaking,
- gala,
- gala affair,
- gala day,
- game,
- garden party,
- good time,
- grand slam,
- great doings,
- great fun,
- high jinks,
- high old time,
- high tea,
- high time,
- hot luncheon,
- jamboree,
- kermis,
- knockout,
- landslide,
- landslide victory,
- laughs,
- lead-pipe cinch,
- lovely time,
- lunch,
- luncheon,
- mash,
- mastery,
- meat breakfast,
- mess with,
- misfortune,
- moral victory,
- no picnic,
- painful,
- party,
- petit dejeuner,
- pie,
- piece of cake,
- play,
- pleasant time,
- pushover,
- rough,
- runaway victory,
- setup,
- sinecure,
- sitting duck,
- snap,
- sport,
- subdual,
- subduing,
- success,
- sup,
- supper,
- tea,
- tea break,
- teatime,
- tiffin,
- torture,
- torturous,
- total victory,
- tough,
- triumph,
- velvet,
- victory,
- walkaway,
- walkover,
- waygoose,
- wayzgoose,
- wiener roast,
- wienie roast,
- win,
- winning,
- winning streak
- setup
collapse
- the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here" related words >
- anatomy,
- approach,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- arrangement,
- array,
- assemblage,
- assembly,
- attack,
- blueprint,
- blueprinting,
- breeze,
- build,
- building,
- buildup,
- calculation,
- charting,
- cinch,
- combination,
- composition,
- compound,
- conception,
- concord,
- conformation,
- constitution,
- construction,
- contrivance,
- creation,
- deployment,
- design,
- device,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- duck,
- easy target,
- easy thing,
- embodiment,
- enterprise,
- envisagement,
- fabric,
- fabrication,
- fashion,
- fashioning,
- figuring,
- foresight,
- forethought,
- forging,
- form,
- format,
- formation,
- frame,
- frame-up,
- game,
- getup,
- graphing,
- ground plan,
- guidelines,
- harmony,
- idea,
- incorporation,
- intention,
- junction,
- layout,
- lineup,
- long-range plan,
- make,
- makeup,
- making,
- manufacture,
- mapping,
- marshaling,
- master plan,
- method,
- methodology,
- mixture,
- mold,
- molding,
- operations research,
- order,
- organic structure,
- organism,
- organization,
- packed deal,
- packed jury,
- pattern,
- patterning,
- peace,
- physique,
- picnic,
- pie,
- piece of cake,
- piecing together,
- pipe,
- plan,
- planning,
- planning function,
- plotting,
- prearrangement,
- preconcertedness,
- premeditation,
- preordering,
- procedure,
- production,
- program,
- program of action,
- proportion,
- pushover,
- put-up job,
- putting together,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- rationalization,
- regularity,
- rigged jury,
- routine,
- schedule,
- schema,
- schematism,
- schematization,
- scheme,
- scheme of arrangement,
- scheming,
- shape,
- shaping,
- sinecure,
- sitting duck,
- snap,
- stacked deck,
- strategic plan,
- strategy,
- structure,
- structuring,
- symmetry,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- system,
- systematization,
- tactical plan,
- tactics,
- tectonics,
- texture,
- the big picture,
- the picture,
- tissue,
- tranquillity,
- uniformity,
- velvet,
- warp and woof,
- way,
- weave,
- web,
- working plan
- cinch
collapse
- a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps
- any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"
- stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
- get a grip on; get mastery of
- make sure of
- tie a cinch around; "cinch horses" related words >
- affix,
- afford proof of,
- anchor,
- annex,
- ascertain,
- assure,
- attach,
- babe,
- back band,
- backstrap,
- band,
- bandage,
- bearing rein,
- belay,
- bellyband,
- belt,
- bend,
- bind,
- bind up,
- bit,
- blinders,
- blinds,
- boob,
- brace,
- breeching,
- breeze,
- bridle,
- bring home to,
- bundle,
- caparison,
- cavesson,
- cement,
- certify,
- chain,
- checkrein,
- cheekpiece,
- chinband,
- chump,
- clamp,
- clear up,
- clinch,
- collar,
- cramp,
- credulous person,
- crownband,
- crupper,
- cull,
- curb,
- dead-sure thing,
- decide,
- demonstrate,
- determine,
- dismiss all doubt,
- do up,
- dupe,
- easy mark,
- easy pickings,
- easy target,
- easy thing,
- engraft,
- ensure,
- establish,
- fall guy,
- fasten,
- find out,
- fish,
- fix,
- follow,
- follow from,
- fool,
- gag swivel,
- get at,
- gird,
- girdle,
- girt,
- girth,
- gobe-mouches,
- graft,
- grapple,
- greener,
- greenhorn,
- greeny,
- gudgeon,
- gull,
- hackamore,
- halter,
- hames,
- hametugs,
- harness,
- have a case,
- headgear,
- headstall,
- hip straps,
- hold good,
- hold water,
- horn,
- innocent,
- insure,
- jaquima,
- jerk line,
- jockey,
- knit,
- lace,
- lash,
- lead-pipe cinch,
- leadpipe cinch,
- leash,
- lines,
- make certain,
- make fast,
- make good,
- make no doubt,
- make no mistake,
- make out,
- make sure,
- make sure of,
- martingale,
- monkey,
- moor,
- nail down,
- natural,
- noseband,
- open-and-shut case,
- patsy,
- picnic,
- pie,
- piece of cake,
- pigeon,
- pipe,
- plaything,
- pole strap,
- pommel,
- prize sap,
- prove,
- prove to be,
- prove true,
- pushover,
- put to,
- reassure,
- reins,
- remove all doubt,
- ribbons,
- rope,
- saddle,
- sap,
- saphead,
- schlemiel,
- screw up,
- secure,
- see that,
- see to it,
- set,
- set at rest,
- set to,
- settle,
- settle the matter,
- setup,
- shaft tug,
- shoo-in,
- show,
- side check,
- sinecure,
- sitting duck,
- snaffle,
- snap,
- sort out,
- splice,
- stirrup,
- stooge,
- strap,
- sucker,
- surcingle,
- sure bet,
- sure card,
- sure success,
- sure thing,
- swaddle,
- swathe,
- tack,
- tackle,
- tie,
- tie up,
- tighten,
- toy,
- trappings,
- trice up,
- trim,
- truss,
- trusting soul,
- tug,
- velvet,
- victim,
- winker braces,
- winner,
- wire,
- wrap,
- wrap up,
- yoke
1
Advertisement