scapegoat (36 synonym found)

Scapegoat has 36 synonyms. The top synonyms for scapegoat are whole offering, whipping boy, votive offering, thank offering, sutteeism, suttee, sucker, straw man and 28 more. Browse the full list below.

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What is a synonym for scapegoat?

A common synonym for scapegoat is whole offering. Other synonyms include whipping boy, votive offering, thank offering, sutteeism.

How many synonyms does scapegoat have?

Scapegoat has 36 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does scapegoat mean?

(n): in the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed; someone punished for the error

Definition of scapegoat:

(n) : in the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed; someone punished for the error or errors of someone else
"he is making me a scapegoat."
(v) : to punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of
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Definition of scapegoat:

(n) : in the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed; someone punished for the error or errors of someone else
"he is making me a scapegoat."
(v) : to punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of
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