Thesaurus:scapegoat

Thesaurus

scapegoat

English

Noun

Sense: someone punished for the error(s) of someone else

Synonyms

• escapegoat
• fall guy
• folk devil (idiomatic)
• goat (informal)
• Joe Soap (British)
• patsy
• scapegoat
• whipping boy

Hypernyms

• outcast    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• usual suspects

See also

• Thesaurus:dupe (gullible person)

Further reading

• “147. substitution” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “scapegoat” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.