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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon |
| Synonyms: | babe in woods, butt, casualty, clown, dupe, easy make, easy mark, fatality, fool, gambit, gopher, gudgeon, gull, hireling, hunted, immolation, injured party, innocent, mark, martyr, patsy, pawn, pigeon, prey, pushover, quarry, sacrifice, scapegoat, sitting duck, sitting target, soft touch, stooge, sucker, sufferer, underdog, wretch |
| Antonyms: | criminal, culprit |
| Main Entry: | dupe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is fooled |
| Synonyms: | butt*, chump, easy mark, fish*, fool, mark*, patsy, pigeon, pushover, sap*, sitting duck, sucker, victim |
| Antonyms: | cognizant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fall guy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy victim |
| Synonyms: | boob, can-carrier, chopping block, chump, dupe, easy mark, easy touch, fool, goat, lamb to the slaughter, mark, patsy, pigeon, prize sap, sacrifice, sap, scapegoat, schlemiel, schmuck, sitting duck, soft touch, stooge, sucker, trusting soul, victim, whipping boy |
| Main Entry: | fool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid or ridiculous person |
| Synonyms: | ass, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, boob*, bore, buffoon, clod, clown, cretin*, dimwit, dolt*, dope*, dumb ox, dunce, dunderhead, easy mark, fair game, fathead, goose, halfwit, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jerk*, lamebrain, lightweight, loon, moron, nerd*, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, numskull, oaf, sap*, schlemiel, silly, simpleton, stooge, sucker, turkey, twerp, twit, victim |
| Antonyms: | brain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | undomesticated animals chased for food |
| Synonyms: | chase, fish, fowl, kill, meat, prey, quarry, ravin, victim, wild animals |
| Main Entry: | guinea pig |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experimental subject |
| Synonyms: | Cavia porcellus, cavy, examinee, experimental animal, experimental subject, lab animal, lab rat, laboratory animal, rodent, subject, test animal, test subject, testee, victim |
| Main Entry: | hostage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person held captive until captor's demand is met |
| Synonyms: | captive, earnest, guaranty, pawn, pledge, prisoner, sacrificial lamb, scapegoat*, security, surety, token, victim |
| Antonyms: | captor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laughing stock |
| 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: | object |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aim, recipient |
| Synonyms: | butt*, focus, ground zero, receiver, target, victim, zero* |
| Antonyms: | subject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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