📖 Definitions of "Fall guy"
noun
- 1
One who is gullible and easily duped.
noun
- 1
In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
- 2
Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
"He is making me a scapegoat."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fall guy"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| mugnoun | A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer. |
| soft touchnoun | (idiomatic) A person or group that is sympathetic, accommodating, easily overcome, or easily persuaded, especially one that loans or readily gives money to another. |
| chumpnoun | (colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense. |
| foolnoun | (derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence. |
| schlemielnoun | A loser or a fool. |
| marknoun | (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary. |
| suckernoun | A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned. |
| shlemielnoun | Alternative form of schlemiel. [A loser or a fool.] |
| fishnoun | (countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills. |
| gullnoun | A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae. |
| patsynoun | A diminutive of the female given name Patricia. |
| fallguynoun | Alternative form of fall guy. [(informal, sometimes derogatory) One who is gullible and easily duped.] |
| fall-guynoun | Alternative form of fall guy. [(informal, sometimes derogatory) One who is gullible and easily duped.] |
| gullible | Easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled. |
| cullnoun | A selection. |
| gulpinnoun | (slang, obsolete) A gullible person; a fool. |
| live onenoun | (informal, idiomatic) A person, thing, or situation which is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or urgent. |
| cullynoun | (slang) A companion. |
| guppienoun | (sometimes derogatory) A foolish, easily surprised, or naive person. |
| gudgeonnoun | A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia. |
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