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puppet

noun

1 puppet

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

synonym: marionette.

Roget 193: littleness etc. adj.; smallness etc. (of quantity) 32; exiguity, inextension; parvitude, parvity; duodecimo; Elzevir edition, ... show more

Roget 547: dupe, gull, gudgeon, gobemouche, cull [Slang], cully, victim, pigeon, April fool; jay [Slang], sucker [Slang]; laughingstock etc. 857; ... show more

Roget 554: representation, representment; imitation etc. 19; illustration, delineation, depictment; imagery, portraiture, iconography; design, designing; art, ... show more

Dutch: marionet
Polish: marionetka

2 puppet

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

synonyms: creature, tool.

Roget 711: auxiliary; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant; ayudante, coaid; adjunct; help, helper, help mate, helping hand; midwife; colleague, ... show more

Roget 746: subject, liegeman; servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache; ... show more

Dutch: instrument, werktuig, lul, hulpmiddel, gereedschap, slaaf, slavin

3 puppet

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.


Moby thesaurus: Charlie McCarthy, Elzevir, Federal, adherent, agate, agent, amanuensis, ancilla, apple-polisher, appliance, ass-licker, baby, backscratcher, backslapper, baggage agent, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble ... show more.

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