All beeswax synonyms
bees·wax
B b noun beeswax
- problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- issue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- interest — the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
- duty — something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- affair — If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair.
- happening — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- point — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
- assignment — An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- topic — a subject of conversation or discussion: to provide a topic for discussion.
- matter — a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
- palaver — a conference or discussion.
- subject — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- hanky-panky — unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
- goings-on — conduct or behavior, especially when open to criticism: We had never seen such goings-on as at the last dance.
- wax — a fit of anger; rage.
- honeycomb — a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.