Definition for Featherbed:

• hire more workers than are necessary

Synonyms for Featherbed:

• n.

  •featherbed (noun)
  • cocker,
  • cosset,
  • indulge,
  • feather bed,
  • baby,
  • pamper,
  • mollycoddle,
  • spoil,
  • coddle.

• v.

  •goof off (verb)
  • shirk.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • blow,
  • bed,
  • prevent,
  • inactivity,
  • deface,
  • baffle,
  • plunder,
  • mess-up,
  • debase,
  • pallet,
  • Dolce Far Niente,
  • palliasse,
  • botch up,
  • mishandle,
  • pander,
  • injure,
  • bilk,
  • mat,
  • quiescence,
  • botch,
  • bollix,
  • deflower,
  • idle hours,
  • oppose,
  • despoil,
  • bumble,
  • luxuriate,
  • position,
  • fluff,
  • bobble,
  • tick,
  • mattress,
  • sinecure,
  • futon,
  • cross,
  • gratify,
  • benefice,
  • flub,
  • frustrate,
  • cinch,
  • impair,
  • screw up,
  • office,
  • disfigure,
  • bollix up,
  • repose,
  • deprave,
  • go bad,
  • obstruct,
  • bollocks,
  • shirk,
  • do by,
  • plum,
  • muck up,
  • fail,
  • ransack,
  • disappoint,
  • corrupt,
  • pad,
  • louse up,
  • place,
  • featherbedding,
  • hurt,
  • appease,
  • foul-up,
  • bungle,
  • post,
  • vitiate,
  • situation,
  • ball up,
  • bedding,
  • rest,
  • thwart,
  • impede,
  • foil,
  • counteract,
  • engage,
  • berth,
  • Inoccupation,
  • fumble.

Antonyms for Featherbed:

• v.

  • slack/slacken
    tighten, stiffen.

Homophones for Featherbed:

• feather bed.

Hyponym for Featherbed:

• v.

  • communication
    hire, engage, employ.