| Main Entry: | butt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object of joking |
Synonyms: |
chump, clay pigeon, derision, dupe*, easy mark, fall guy, fool, goat, jestee, joke, laughingstock, mark, patsy, pigeon, sap, setup, sitting duck, softie, subject, sucker, target, turkey, victim |
| Main Entry: | defenseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerless, vulnerable |
Synonyms: |
caught, endangered, exposed, hands tied, helpless, in line of fire, indefensible, like a clay pigeon, like a sitting duck, naked*, on the line, on the spot, open, out on limb, pigeon, poor, unarmed, unguarded, unprotected, up the creek, weak, wide open |
Antonyms: |
powerful, strong |
| 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 |
| 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: | 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | sap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid person |
Synonyms: |
chump, dolt, dupe, fool, idiot, jerk, nitwit, patsy, pigeon, simpleton, sucker, weakling |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | target |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person as object of ridicule |
Synonyms: |
butt*, byword, game, mark*, pigeon, prey, quarry, scapegoat*, scorn, sitting duck, sport, victim |