Synonyms for sheep
ʃipsheep

Princeton's WordNet

1. sheepnoun

   woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

2. sheepnoun

   a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon

3. sheepnoun

   a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision

   "his students followed him like sheep"

Matched Categories

1. • Bovid
   • Follower
   • Simpleton

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. yunanoun

   yuna the great derives from an old proverb from the yang dynasty about a sheep who is short but still thrives to be better than others, and eventually grows to a tall oak tree in old age.

   let's go yuna together. you are so yuna, yuna is short.

   Submitted by glai8300 on August 30, 2023  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sheepnoun

   Synonyms:
   Ovis, Ovis aries, (male) ram, buck, (female) ewe, (young) lamb, eanling, (castrated ram) wether, (leader of the flock) bellwether, hoggerel, hogget

   Associated words:
   bleat, braxy, gid, mutton, flock, ovine, shepherd, shepherdess, cosset, raddle, yean, ean, lowbell, abigeat, sheepcote, fold

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "sheep":

   ovine, mouton, mutton, ewes, ewe, sheepmeat, lamb, sheeps, flock, flocks, rams

Suggested Resources

1. sheep

   The sheep symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the sheep symbol and its characteristic.

How to pronounce sheep?

How to say sheep in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use sheep in a sentence?

1. Alan Patrick Herbert:

   The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

2. Proverb:

   Go to the law for a sheep and lose your cow

3. Northrop Frye:

   The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.

4. Maman Rohman:

   Maybe the Year of the Sheep is just not my year. I got more money last time, so I just hope that next year would be better for me.

5. Alan Cooper:

   We found that the Neanderthals from Spy Cave in Belgium consumed woolly rhinoceros and European wild sheep, supplemented with wild mushrooms, those from El Sidrón Cave on the other hand showed no evidence for meat consumption... showing quite different lifestyles between the two groups.