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paper-tiger
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | powerless person or group |
| Synonyms: | empty suit, hollow man, man of straw, petty tyrant, straw man, tin god |
| Main Entry: | unoffensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmless |
| Synonyms: | controllable, disarmed, gentle, guiltless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, inoperative, kind, manageable, naive, nonirritating, nontoxic, painless, paper-tiger, powerless, pussycat, reliable, safe, sanitary, simple, soft*, softie, sound, sure, trustworthy, unobjectionable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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