Synonyms for paperwork
ˈpeɪ pərˌwɜrkpa·per·work

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1. paperworknoun

   Synonyms:
   busy work, administrivia, administrativia, red tape

2. paperworknoun

   A clerical task or set of tasks involving routine written work; busy work; red tape.

   Synonyms:
   administrativia, administrivia, busy work, red tape

3. paperworknoun

   Excessive, intricate or meticulous work with documents in an unnecessary and incidental way to more important tasks.

   Synonyms:
   busy work, administrivia, red tape, administrativia

Princeton's WordNet

1. paperworknoun

   work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.

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1. • Work

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1. List of paraphrases for "paperwork":

   bureaucracy, papers, tape, paper, documentation, papiers, documents

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1. Sabrina Corlette:

   For a lot of people, this can be a very disruptive period of time, there is a significant time and paperwork burden being placed on families – a lot of them very low income, a lot of them medically vulnerable.

2. Calcutta Alexey Idamkin:

   We are aware of the deaths of two Russian citizens. We are in touch with the relatives of these people and the police department of the city where it happened. We will provide the relatives of the deceased with all the necessary assistance in paperwork.

3. Adam Szubanski:

   I was off work for two months. I can’t lift anything so my firm’s got me doing paperwork, i used to train four times a week and loved martial arts and boxing. I can’t do any of it now.

4. Superintendent Emanuele Triggiano:

   I thought it was a joke, but then we got the paperwork.

5. San Francisco:

   This mini horse is a service animal, and the owner provided paperwork to a station agent stating so, after consultation (station agents usually dont see horses), the horse was allowed in.