Thesaurus:scapegoat
English
Synonyms
- escapegoat
- fall guy
- folk devil (idiomatic)
- goat (informal)
- Joe Soap (British)
- patsy
- scapegoat
- whipping boy
Hypernyms
Holonyms
See also
- Thesaurus:dupe (gullible person)
Further reading
- “147. substitution” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “scapegoat” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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