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pawn - 19 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | pawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give as security for a loan |
| Synonyms: | deposit, hazard, hock*, hook*, mortgage, pledge, give in earnest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | security for a loan |
| Synonyms: | assurance, bond, collateral, earnest, forfeit, gambit, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, security, token, warrant, gage |
| Main Entry: | pawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is a fool |
| Synonyms: | creature, dupe*, instrument, mark*, patsy*, puppet, stooge*, sucker, tool, toy, victim, pigeon* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for assurance |
| Synonyms: | bond, collateral, guarantee, pawn, pledge, security, surety, warrant, warranty, recognizance |
| Notes: | to bail is to remove water from a boat by filling a container and emptying it over the side; to bale is wrap or make into bundles |
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | agreement, assurance, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, security, sure thing*, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor, attestation, certification, gage, recognizance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hostage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person held captive until captor's demand is met |
| Synonyms: | captive, earnest, guaranty, pawn, pledge, prisoner, scapegoat*, security, surety, token, victim, sacrificial lamb |
| Antonyms: | captor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guarantee; give word of honor |
| Synonyms: | contract, covenant, engage, hock*, hook*, mortgage, pawn, plight, promise, soak*, swear, undertake, vouch, vow, give word, sign for |
| Antonyms: | break, disobey, falsify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | puppet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or toy manipulated by another |
| Synonyms: | creature, doll, dupe*, figurehead, instrument, jerk*, manikin, marionette, moppet, mouthpiece*, patsy*, pawn, pushover, schlemiel*, servant, soft touch*, stooge*, tool*, victim, figurine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stooge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dupe |
| Synonyms: | chump*, easy mark*, fall guy, flunky, fool, lackey, patsy*, pawn, puppet, pushover*, sap*, sucker, victim, pigeon* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | token |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication, remembrance |
| Synonyms: | badge, clue, demonstration, earnest, evidence, expression, favor, gift, index, keepsake, manifestation, mark, memento, memorial, note, omen, pawn, pledge, presage, proof, relic, reminder, representation, sample, security, sign, significant, souvenir, symbol, symptom, trophy, warning, warrant, indicia |
| Main Entry: | victim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon |
| Synonyms: | butt, casualty, clown, dupe, easy mark*, fatality, fool, gambit, gull, hireling, hunted, innocent, mark, martyr, patsy, pawn, prey, pushover*, quarry, sacrifice, scapegoat, sitting duck*, soft touch*, stooge*, sucker, underdog, wretch, babe in woods, easy make, gopher, gudgeon, immolation, injured party, pigeon*, sitting target, sufferer |
| Antonyms: | criminal, culprit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | warrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization |
| Synonyms: | assurance, authority, basis, carte blanche, certificate, commission, credentials, earnest, foundation, go-ahead*, green light*, guarantee, license, okay*, pass, passport, pawn, permission, permit, pledge, right, sanction, security, subpoena, summons, tag, testimonial, ticket, token, verification, warranty, word, accreditation, authentication, credential, ducat, official document, shingle, sticker |
| Antonyms: | breach, break |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | yes man |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone following orders without question |
| Synonyms: | brownnose, camp follower, flatterer, flunky, lackey, minion, pawn, puppet, stooge, stooge, sycophant, toady, underling, apple-polisher, ass-kisser, assenter, bootlicker, doormat, fawner, groveler, kowtower, sheep |
| Main Entry: | borrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take for temporary use |
| Synonyms: | accept loan of, acquire, beg, bite, bum, cadge*, chisel*, give a note for, hire, hit up, lift, mooch*, negotiate, obtain, pawn, pledge, raise money, rent, run into debt, scrounge, see one's uncle, soak, sponge, take on loan, tap, touch, use temporarily |
| Antonyms: | give, lend, pay, return |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, agreement, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, guarantee, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor, affiance, asseveration, espousal, sacred word |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | accede, affirm, agree, answer for, assent, assure, bargain, betroth, bind, commit, compact, consent, contract, covenant, declare, engage, ensure, espouse, guarantee, hock*, insure, mortgage, obligate, pass, pawn*, pledge, plight, profess, secure, stipulate, string along*, subscribe, swear, undertake, underwrite, vouch, vow, warrant, affiance, asservate, cross heart, live up to, say so, swear on bible, swear up and down, take an oath |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | security |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | safety, protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, agreement, armament, armor, asylum, bail, bond, care, collateral, compact, contract, covenant, cover, custody, defense, earnest, freedom, guarantee, guard, immunity, insurance, pact, pawn, pledge, precaution, preservation, promise, redemption, refuge, retreat, safeguard, safekeeping, salvation, sanctuary, shelter, shield, surety, surveillance, token, ward, warrant, safeness, safety measure |
| Antonyms: | danger, insecurity, peril, trouble |
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sign of good faith |
| Synonyms: | bail, bond, collateral, deposit, earnest, guarantee, guaranty, pawn, security, surety, token, warrant, warranty, gage |
| Antonyms: | break |
| Main Entry: | tool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who allows himself to be used |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accomplice, agent, auxiliary, chump*, creature, dupe, easy mark*, figurehead, flunky*, go-between, greenhorn*, hireling, idiot, intermediary, lackey, mark*, medium, messenger, minion, patsy*, pawn, peon, puppet, stooge, stool pigeon*, sucker, jackal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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