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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
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*
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
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
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
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
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*
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
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
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
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
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
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