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Word | Sinecure |
an office that involves minimal duties / a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached / An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls. / well-paid position with little responsibility / a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit. / a job or position in which someone is paid to do little or no work, | |
Usage | ⇒ My job is no sinecure; I work long hours and have much responsibility. ⇒ But transforming teacher jobs from moderately paid union sinecures to highly paid professional positions sounds like a good first step. |
Synonyms | position, office, station, capacity, sitting duck, cinch, cushy job, featherbed, featherbedding, snap, hire, appointment, benefice, breeze, inactivity, inoccupation, picnic, pie, pushover, quiescence, |
Antonyms | job, |
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