Related Searches
Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dupe |
| Synonyms: | butt*, chump, easy mark, fish*, fool, gull, mark*, patsy, pigeon, pushover, sap*, sitting duck, sucker, victim |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | child |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very young person |
| Synonyms: | adolescent, anklebiter, babe, baby, bairn, bambino, brat, cherub, chick, cub, descendant, dickens, imp, infant, innocent, issue, juvenile, kid, kiddie, lamb, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, minor, mite, moppet, neonate, nestling, newborn, nipper, nursling, offspring, preteen, progeny, pubescent, shaver, small fry, sprout, squirt, stripling, suckling, tadpole, teen, teenager, teenybopper, toddler, tot, tyke, urchin, whippersnapper, young one, youngster, youth |
| Antonyms: | adult |
| Main Entry: | darling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sweetheart, favorite person |
| Synonyms: | angel*, apple of one's eye, baby*, beloved, boyfriend, dear, dear one, dearest, dearie, fair-haired boy, flame, friend, girlfriend, heart's desire, honeybunch, lamb, light of my life, love, lover, one and only, pet*, precious, sugar*, sweetie, treasure*, truelove |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | naive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | childlike, trusting |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, artless, callow, candid, confiding, countrified, credulous, forthright, frank, fresh, green*, guileless, gullible, harmless, ignorant, impulsive, ingenuous, innocent, innocuous, instinctive, jejune, lamb, like a babe in the woods, natural, open, original, patsy, plain, simple, simple-minded, sincere, spontaneous, square, sucker, unaffected, unjaded, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, untaught, unworldly, virgin, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | experienced, leery, skeptical, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sitting duck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy target |
| Synonyms: | babe in the woods, dead duck, dead meat, easy pickings, easy victim, lamb, pushover, sinecure, soft touch, toast, vulnerable |
| Main Entry: | cosset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for lovingly |
| Synonyms: | caress, cuddle, fondle, lamb, love, pamper, pet, spoil |
| Main Entry: | gudgeon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dupe |
| Synonyms: | butt*, chump, easy mark, fish*, fool, gull, lamb, mark*, patsy, pigeon, pushover, sap*, sitting duck, sucker, victim |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sweetie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | darling |
| Synonyms: | angel*, apple of one's eye, baby*, beloved, boyfriend, dear, dear one, dearest, dearie, fair-haired boy, flame*, friend, girlfriend, heart's desire, honey, honeybunch, lamb, light of my life, light of one's life, love, lover, minion, one and only, pet*, precious, sugar*, sweet, sweetheart, treasure*, truelove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child |
| Synonyms: | adolescent, anklebiter, babe, baby*, bairn, bambino, brat, bud, cherub, chick, cub, descendant, dickens, imp, infant, innocent, issue, juvenile, kid, kiddie, lamb, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, minor, mite, moppet, neonate, nestling, newborn, nipper, nursling, offspring, preteen, progeny, pubescent, shaver, small fry, sprout, squirt, stripling, suckling, tadpole, teen, teenager, teenybopper, toddler, tyke, urchin, whippersnapper, young one, youngster, youth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
