puppet

Noun

Meaning

A small image in the human form; a doll.

A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.

One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt.

The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

marionette tool lackey patsy minion instrument servant creature pawn doll dupe stooge dolly scarecrow jackal
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Antonyms

king queen napoleon prince guardian lord
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Hypernyms

dolly figure slave doll

Hyponyms

glove puppet hand puppet glove doll

Phrases with the word

controlled puppet string-puppet lead puppet operated puppet puppet handler puppet operator

Examples

We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. Alan Moore

The myth that holds that the great corporation is the puppet of the market, the powerless servant of the consumer, is, in fact one of the devices by which its power is perpetuated. John Kenneth Galbraith

From my point of view, compatibilism is a little like saying: a puppet is free so long as it loves its strings. Sam Harris

The United States hastens the delivery of arms to the puppet governments they see as being increasingly threatened; it makes them sign pacts of dependence to legally facilitate the shipment of instruments of repression and death and of troops to use them. Che Guevara

Mahmoud Abbas is a puppet. Madeleine Albright

Being the puppet master, it's like running Nintendo of America. Reggie Fils-Aimé

Close letter words and terms

pupper pupperino pupperware puppet army puppet country puppet county