Synonyms for puppet
ˈpʌp ɪtpup·pet

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. puppet

   Synonyms:
   doll, image, lay-figure, tool

   Antonyms:
   personality, power

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.5 / 4 votes

1. puppet, marionettenoun

   a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer

   Synonyms:
   puppet, tool, creature, marionette

2. creature, tool, puppetnoun

   a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

   Synonyms:
   brute, animate being, shaft, puppet, prick, tool, peter, fauna, marionette, pecker, animal, beast, putz, instrument, wight, creature, cock, dick

3. puppetnoun

   a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers

   Synonyms:
   tool, creature, marionette

Matched Categories

1. • Doll
   • Slave

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1. List of paraphrases for "puppet":

   puppetry, puppets, marionnettes, dummy, pawn, proxy, doll

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How to use puppet in a sentence?

1. Alan Moore:

   We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.

2. Yuyan Luo:

   Almost all babies look really concerned when they see the puppet violence.

3. Louis Leterrier:

   It's not like I can go and cast Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts and I know what Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts're going to bring to me, i had to build my Brad Pitt and build my Julia Roberts and describe to incredible sculptors the emotion that I wanted to depict and the raw puppets to have. It's so important, in the colors, the textures, everything -- every detail in a certain puppet is creating a character.

4. Van Fosson:

   I got a call the other day asking me if I wanted to speak for Hillary, basically they wanted to use me like a puppet, trump’s not any better, but Hillary Clinton is still terrible.

5. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   A man is a puppet in the hands of time and change.