| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | victim |
| 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: | whipping boy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fall guy |
Synonyms: |
chopping block, dupe, fall guy, goat, goat, mark*, patsy, patsy, sacrifice, scapegoat, sucker, target, victim |
| Main Entry: | easy mark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | easy victim |
Synonyms: |
chump, cinch, doormat, easy pickings, easy touch, fall guy, jay, mark, mug, patsy, pigeon, prize sap, pushover, scapegoat, sitting duck, soft touch, sucker, trusting soul |
| Main Entry: | martyr |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sufferer |
Synonyms: |
offering, saint, scapegoat |