Synonyms 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. • Bovid
   • Follower
   • Simpleton

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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  

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "sheep":

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

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1. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

   He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes.

2. Proverb:

   The wolf is well pleased with the kick of a sheep.

3. Hussein Abdallah:

   There is no dove, no sheep in that herd.

4. Charles de LEUSSE:

   Sheep are under the bed, but the wolf is on the bed.

5. Thomas Sowell:

   They want to be our shepherds. But that requires us to be sheep.