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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or toy manipulated by another |
| Synonyms: | creature, doll, dupe*, figurehead, figurine, instrument, jerk*, manikin, marionette, moppet, mouthpiece, patsy, pawn, pushover, schlemiel, servant, soft touch, stooge, tool*, victim |
| Notes: | the word puppet originally meant 'doll' and a puppet usually goes on the hand and arm, while a marionette (or string puppet) is a jointed figure with strings or wires |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effigy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dummy |
| Synonyms: | figure, icon, idol, image, likeness, model, picture, portrait, puppet, representation, statue |
| Antonyms: | being, entity |
| Main Entry: | figurehead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is leader in name only |
| Synonyms: | cipher, front*, mouthpiece, nominal head, nonentity, nothing, puppet*, straw boss, straw person, titular head, token |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | machine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who acts automatically |
| Synonyms: | agent, automaton, clone, drudge, grind, laborer, mechanical, puppet, robot, zombie |
| Main Entry: | minion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sycophant |
| Synonyms: | backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, brownnoser, dependent, doormat, fan, fawner, flatterer, flunky, follower, groupie, hanger-on, lackey, parasite, puppet, slave, stooge, subordinate, toady, yes-man/woman, yes-person |
| Main Entry: | nominal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supposed, theoretical |
| Synonyms: | alleged, apparent, as advertised, formal, given, honorary, in effect only, in name only, mentioned, named, ostensible, pretended, professed, puppet, purported, seeming, self-styled, simple, so-called, stated, suggested, titular |
| Notes: | nominal means insignificantly small; minimal means the least possible or smallest in amount and degree |
| Antonyms: | actual, real, true |
| Main Entry: | pawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is a fool |
| Synonyms: | creature, dupe*, instrument, mark*, patsy, pigeon, puppet, stooge, sucker, tool, toy, victim |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stooge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dupe |
| Synonyms: | chump, easy mark, fall guy, flunky, fool, lackey, patsy, pawn, pigeon, puppet, pushover, sap*, sucker, victim |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sycophant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who caters to another |
| Synonyms: | adulator, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, brownnoser, doormat, fan, fawner, flatterer, flunky, groupie, groveler, handshaker, hanger-on, lackey, minion, parasite, politician, puppet, slave |
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