lemming

Noun

Meaning

Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ming char impressionist follower rodent traditionalist mouton earthworm conformist imitator flatworm gnawer lomas bluetongue meadow mouse
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Antonyms

lord leader master radical mistress changemaker
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Hypernyms

rodent gnawer

Hyponyms

pied lemming red-backed lemming gray lemming grey lemming southern bog lemming European lemming

Phrases with the word

collared lemming Amur lemming

Examples

There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause. P. J. O'Rourke

They're crazy.” "No, Meade. One such is crazy; a lot of them is a lemming death march. Robert A. Heinlein

Negative 10,000 … that is … 10,000 on the Dow … helicopter money … massive unemployment looming … and the GOP lemming continue to jump off the cliff and swim. Source: Internet

“Today the American Republic is the victim of a grand scheme,” West followed up on Monday, “and anyone dismissing this is a mindless lemming.” Source: Internet

Like any recipe for a good soldier, they tore me down in order to build me into what they needed most – a lemming willing to follow them off the edge of any cliff. Source: Internet

I have been lemming this forever! Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lemmatize lemmatizer Lemmer lemmingism lemminglike Lemmo