Antonyms for sheep
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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"

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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

How to use sheep in a sentence?

1. Mark Beltaire:

   Strike from mankind the principle of faith and men would have no more history than a flock of sheep.

2. Oswen Corbel:

   Maybe I should give up. ... Sometimes I think I should go into the mountains and herd sheep, but this is what I know to do, what’s next? We had Hurricane Irma, we had COVID, we had the sargassum, and now I’m pretty scared of global warming.

3. Proverb:

   The wolf bemoans the sheep, and then eats it.

4. David Lamfrom:

   People are walking off trails, bringing their dogs, people are trampling and destroying the things they want to preserve without knowing it. ... People are camping where they want or showing up really early or late at certain watering holes so animals like bighorn sheep won't come down to drink.

5. Elizabeth Kenny:

   It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

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