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Synonyms for sheep
ʃipsheep
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Princeton's WordNet
sheepnoun
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
sheepnoun
a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
sheepnoun
a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
"his students followed him like sheep"
Editors Contribution
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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sheepnoun
Synonyms:
Ovis, Ovis aries, (male) ram, buck, (female) ewe, (young) lamb, eanling, (castrated ram) wether, (leader of the flock) bellwether, hoggerel, hoggetAssociated words:
bleat, braxy, gid, mutton, flock, ovine, shepherd, shepherdess, cosset, raddle, yean, ean, lowbell, abigeat, sheepcote, fold
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#6717 | sheep | |
#8427 | lamb | |
#14150 | rams | |
#15058 | flock | |
#32877 | flocks | |
#41892 | ewe | |
#45605 | mutton | |
#51640 | mouton | |
#54320 | ewes | |
#80017 | ovine | |
#108937 | sheeps |
How to use sheep in a sentence?
He is not drowning His sheep when He washeth them, nor killing them when He is shearing them. But by this He showeth that they are His own and the newshorn sheep do most visibly bear His name or mark, when it is almost worn out and scarce discernible on them that have the longest fleece.
Donald Trump is a wolf in sheep's clothing -- and evangelicals know what that means, donald Trump has stood for everything that we have been against.
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
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.
The number of human cells grown in the bodies of sheep [was] extremely small, like 1 in thousands or 1 in tens of thousands, at that level, an animal with a human face will never be born.
Translations for sheep
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- خروفArabic
- ovceCzech
- fårDanish
- SchafGerman
- πρόβατοGreek
- ŝafojEsperanto
- ovejaSpanish
- گوسفندPersian
- lammasFinnish
- moutonFrench
- caoirighIrish
- भेड़Hindi
- juhHungarian
- ոչխարArmenian
- dombaIndonesian
- pecoraItalian
- כבשיםHebrew
- 羊Japanese
- ಕುರಿKannada
- 양Korean
- oviumLatin
- schapenDutch
- sauNorwegian
- owcaPolish
- ovelhaPortuguese
- oaieRomanian
- овецRussian
- fårSwedish
- ஆடுகள்Tamil
- గొర్రెTelugu
- แกะThai
- koyunTurkish
- вівціUkrainian
- بھیڑUrdu
- con cừuVietnamese
- שעפּסYiddish
- 羊Chinese
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