We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.
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Paperwork
/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk/
Synonyms for "paperwork" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(2 words)
administrationadministrative task
Adjective(2 words)
administrative dutiesadministrative tasks
Strong matches (6)
Noun(6 words)
Related words (9)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
3 entriesMore specific
10 entriesbureaucratic formscompliance documentationcredit applicationsemployment recordsfilingform processingmedical formsrecord keepingregulatory filingstax forms
Collocations
6 entriescomplete paperworkmedical paperworkpaperwork burdenpaperwork pilesubmit paperworktax paperwork
Translations
28 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- писмена работа noun (work involving written documents)
Catalan
2 entries- paperada noun (work involving written documents)
- paperassa noun (work involving written documents)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 公文處理 /公文处理 noun (work involving written documents)
- 文書工作 /文书工作 noun (work involving written documents)
- 文書處理 /文书处理 noun (work involving written documents)
Esperanto
1 entries- paperoj noun (work involving written documents)
Finnish
2 entries- paperisota noun (work involving written documents)
- paperityöt noun (work involving written documents)
French
1 entries- tâches administratives noun (work involving written documents)
German
2 entries- Papierkram noun (work involving written documents)
- Schreibarbeit noun (work involving written documents)
Indonesian
1 entries- kertas kerja noun (work involving written documents)
Italian
1 entries- lavoro di documentazione noun (work involving written documents)
Japanese
2 entries- 事務処理 noun (work involving written documents)
- 文書業務 noun (work involving written documents)
Malay
1 entries- kertas kerja noun (work involving written documents)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- papirarbeid noun (work involving written documents)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- papirarbeid noun (work involving written documents)
Occitan
1 entries- paperalha noun (work involving written documents)
Polish
2 entries- papierkowa robota noun (work involving written documents)
- papierologia noun (work involving written documents)
Portuguese
1 entries- papelada noun (work involving written documents)
Russian
2 entries- делопроизво́дство noun (work involving written documents)
- канцеля́рская рабо́та noun (work involving written documents)
Spanish
1 entries- papeleo noun (work involving written documents)
Swedish
2 entries- pappersarbete noun (work involving written documents)
- pappersjobb noun (work involving written documents)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
They took away all of our paperwork.
Source: tatoeba (437397)
I'm behind in my paperwork.
Source: tatoeba (680352)
She spends over a third of her time doing paperwork.
Source: tatoeba (909561)
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