Thesaurus:laughing stock

Thesaurus

laughing stock

English

Noun

Sense: an object of ridicule

Synonyms

• ass
• asshole
• butt
• clown
• dead horse
• dumbass
• dummy
• fiddle (obsolete)
• figure of fun
• fool    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gapingstock
• idiot    [⇒ thesaurus]
• jerk    [⇒ thesaurus]
• joke    [⇒ thesaurus]
• jesting-stock
• laughingstock    [⇒ thesaurus]
• laughing stock
• lolcow
• make-sport (obsolete)
• makegame
• misfit
• scoffing-stock
• standing joke
• white elephant

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• joke    [⇒ thesaurus]
• jester    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “857. laughingstock” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “laughing stock” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.