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lamb

60 5.6

A person who is gentle, innocent, or easily tricked

noun
/læm/

: ingenuo

- This is too dangerous for a little lamb like you.
a sacrificial lamb

And this woman has LED a lot of lambs to the slaughter.

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Examples

He followed his friends without hesitation, acting like a lamb lost in the crowd.
Although she was new to the group, her gentle nature made her a lamb among the more dominant personalities.
And I was this scared little lamb, never really taking time to, you know, nurture that.

Dr. Mayim Bialik
"Okay," Gretel said, docile as a lamb, and already too far gone to reach.

Fiction book (1997)
It was the old, old story of the sacrificial lamb.

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Craig could be innocent as a lamb, the hangups fortuitous, the deli call actually from Patty Kay.

Fiction book (1994)
The young child is a lamb, always trusting others and never questioning their intentions.

Synonyms

sucker

vslamb

Offensive

300 7.0

A person who is easily tricked

is kinder and also stresses a gentle or innocent character

innocent

vslamb

54 3.4

A person who is not guilty of a crime or who is naive

focuses more on innocence but also includes gentleness or gullibility

patsy

vslamb

Offensive

49 8.6

A person who is easily tricked and blamed by others

is gentler, stressing innocence rather than being blamed or used

easy mark

vslamb

Offensive

9 7.1

A person others can easily trick or cheat

is softer, adding gentleness and innocence rather than only being targeted

gaby

vslamb

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who trusts others too easily and gets tricked

is milder and kinder, stressing innocence rather than plain foolishness

lambie

vslamb

Baby Talk

9.9

A person, often a child, who is gentle and innocent

is a general term for someone gentle innocent or easily deceived

Antonyms

sophisticate

5 7.7

A person who knows a lot about fashion, art, and good manners

Idioms

gentle as a lamb

Informal

1 3.9

A person or animal who is very kind and not likely to hurt others

mutton dressed as lamb

Slur

9.5

An older person who tries to look much younger in an awkward way

Compounds

lamb chop

19 2.1

A small cut of lamb meat with a bone, usually cooked and eaten

rack of lamb

8 3.4

A cut of lamb from the ribs often roasted and served whole or as chops

leg of lamb

6 1.0

A back leg of a young sheep cooked and served as a roast

sacrificial lamb

Informal

6 7.7

A person who is blamed or punished to protect others

lamb curry

1 2.3

A dish of lamb cooked in a spicy sauce like Indian food

roast lamb

1 1.6

Meat from a young sheep that is cooked in an oven or over a fire until brown

lamb pie

1 1.1

A baked pastry filled with cooked lamb and vegetables

lamb roast

1 2.0

A large piece of lamb cooked whole in an oven

breast of lamb

4.1

A cut of lamb with the breastbone and meat around it, often roasted or used in stews

cut of lamb

2.5

A piece of meat from a lamb that you cook

bar-lamb

Slang

9.9

A person who is kind and gentle and easily says yes to others

baa-lamb

Baby Talk

9.9

A children's word for a young sheep used when talking to it

lamb succory

9.9

A small wild plant with yellow flowers that grows in dry grass

loin of lamb

3.5

A tender cut of meat from the back of a young sheep often roasted or grilled

saddle of lamb

Specialized

6.7

A cut of lamb with the backbone and meat on both sides, roasted as one piece

Paschal Lamb

9.9

A lamb that Christians use as a symbol of Jesus dying for people at Easter

Persian lamb

8.6

Soft, curly fur from a type of sheep used for coats and hats

Scythian lamb

Archaic

9.9

A plant from Central Asia that people once thought grew live lambs

How Trusting

gullible

65 4.2

lamb

60 5.6

innocent

54 3.4

skeptic

77 4.1

Surface Forms

lamb singular

lambs plural

Etymology

Lamb is used for a gentle or innocent person because real lambs are soft and trusting, so calling someone a 'lamb' means they are gentle or easily fooled.