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| Main Entry: |
laughing stock
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object of ridicule |
| Synonyms: | Aunt Sally, butt, dupe, fair game, fall guy, fool, goat, joke, laughingstock, stooge, target, victim |
| Main Entry: | parasite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that exists by taking from or depending on another |
| Synonyms: | barnacle, bloodsucker, bootlicker, deadbeat, dependent, flunky, freeloader, groupie, hanger-on, idler, leech, scrounger, sponge, stooge, sucker, sycophant, taker |
| Antonyms: | blessing |
| Main Entry: | patsy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fall guy |
| Synonyms: | boob*, chump, doormat, dupe, easy mark, fool, goat, gull, pigeon, pushover, sap*, scapegoat, schmuck, sitting duck, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | puppet |
| 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: | pushover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something or someone easily influenced |
| Synonyms: | breeze, child's play, chump, cinch, duck soup, easy game, easy mark, easy pickings, fool, kid stuff, picnic, piece of cake, setup, snap, soft touch, stooge, sucker, victim, walkover |
| Main Entry: | scapegoat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes blame for another's action |
| Synonyms: | boob, chump, doormat, dupe, easy mark, fall guy, fool, goat, gull, mark*, patsy, pigeon, pushover, sacrifice, sap*, schmuck, sitting duck, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | schlemiel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dolt |
| Synonyms: | blockhead, boob*, bungler, dimwit, dope, dork, dumbbell, dunce, fool, goof, goon, idiot, ignoramus, jerk, lunkhead, meathead, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, sap*, schmuck, simpleton, stooge, stupid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simpleton |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fool |
| Synonyms: | birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, boob*, buffoon, clod, clown, dimwit, dolt*, dope*, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk*, lamebrain, lunkhead, moron, nitwit, numskull, oaf, stooge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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