sheep
121
7.6
- noun
- /ʃip/
- Offensive
:
borrego
- People are sheep, and they don't have the guts to live that way.
- black sheep
- lead sheep
- sheep's clothing
Because wolves led by sheep are still sheep.
- Because wolves led by sheep are still sheep.
- I'm that annoying sheep, but I want to.
- He is, he is useless, a sheep, anything but a human being.
- I started thinking about the characteristics of sheep, meek, obedient.
- Because a it was said that the Jews went like sheep to slaughter.
- I'm I'm I'm not a sheep, I'm a shepherd.
- You've got leaders who lead OK, and then you've got the sheep mentality.
- And then just step by step, like sheep, we are who we hang out with.
- So let's talk about a wolf in sheep's clothing.
- You're a sheep, you know, You know what they do to sheep, especially at Ireland.
Examples
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His friend said, "He's just a poor little sheep who has gone astray."
Fiction book (1996) -
I started thinking about the characteristics of sheep, meek, obedient.
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"Just because he feels like a lost sheep is no reason for her to."
Fiction book (1996) -
So perhaps instead of acting like sheep when it comes to cigarettes, you should find out for yourself.
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People are scared to death and the sheep are waking up slowly.
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Just because we're sheep, it doesn't mean we have to follow.
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There is the possibility that when people are crowded together, they will act like sheep rather than nobly.
Academic text (1997) -
Many people are like sheep, easily swayed by popular opinions without thinking for themselves.
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At the meeting, everyone acted like sheep, following the leader's ideas without questioning them.
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In school, he often felt like a sheep, doing what others did instead of expressing his own beliefs.
Synonyms
13
9.8
People who follow others without thinking for themselves
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
3
6.5
A wild sheep with large curved horns that lives in the mountains of western North America
- US
A large white wild sheep that lives on mountains in Alaska and northwest Canada with curved horns
A wild sheep from North Africa with a reddish-brown coat and curved horns that lives on rocky slopes
- Specialized
A large wild sheep from Central Asia that lives in high mountains and has very long spiral horns
A wild sheep with large curved horns that lives in western North American mountains
- Specialized
A small North American bush with narrow leaves and red flowers that is poisonous to young farm animals
- New Zealand
A small New Zealand plant with thick hairy leaves that form mats on the ground
- Specialized
An edible mushroom that has a round whitish cap and central stalk and grows under pine trees
- UK
A small parasite that sticks to sheep and other animals and can spread disease to animals and people
- New Zealand
A small plant with thick woolly leaves that looks like a sheep from far away
- Informal
A person in a group who follows rules and acts honestly while others do not
How Docile
- Offensive
4
8.1
- Offensive
15
6.4
- Offensive
121
7.6
- Offensive
18
5.1
295
1.6
2
5.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sheep is also used as a picture of a person who follows others without thinking. A helpful way to remember this is to imagine real sheep moving with their flock, so calling someone a sheep means they 'follow others' or are 'easily led'.