Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun waxwork

2 senses of waxwork

Sense 1
bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens -- (twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds)
       => vine -- (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Sense 2
waxwork, wax figure -- (an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax)
       => effigy, image, simulacrum -- (a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone")