stooge

stooge
Synonyms and related words:
Charlie McCarthy, Roscius, act, act as foil, actor, actress, adherent, agent, also-ran, ancilla, antagonist, appear, appendage, apple-polisher, appliance, ass-licker, attendant, babe, backscratcher, backslapper, bad guy, barnstorm, barnstormer, boob, booby, bootlick, bootlicker, brown-nose, brownie, buff, cavaliere servente, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, chump, cinch, clawback, come out, contrivance, courtier, creature, credulous person, cringer, cull, dangler, defeatee, dependent, device, disciple, diseur, diseuse, dramatizer, duck, dummy, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, emote, emotionalize, fall guy, fan, fawner, feeder, feudatory, figurehead, fish, flatterer, flunky, foil, follower, following, fool, footlicker, front, front man, game loser, get top billing, gillie, go-between, gobe-mouches, good loser, good sport, goon, greener, greenhorn, greeny, groveler, gudgeon, gull, handmaid, handmaiden, handshaker, hanger-on, heavy, helot, henchman, histrio, histrion, homager, homme de cour, implement, inferior, ingenue, innocent, instrument, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, jackal, juvenile, kowtower, lackey, lay figure, leadpipe cinch, led captain, lever, lickspit, lickspittle, liege, liege man, loser, man, matinee idol, mealymouth, mechanism, mediator, medium, midwife, mime, mimer, mimic, minion, monkey, monologist, mummer, myrmidon, nominal head, organ, pantomime, pantomimist, parasite, partisan, patsy, patter, pawn, peon, perform, pigeon, play, play the lead, playact, playactor, player, plaything, prize sap, protean actor, public, puppet, pursuer, pursuivant, pushover, reciter, register, retainer, sap, saphead, satellite, schlemiel, sectary, serf, servant, shadow, sitting duck, sketch, slave, soubrette, spaniel, sport, stage performer, stage player, star, steal the show, straight man, stroller, strolling player, subordinate, successor, suck, sucker, supporter, sycophant, tagtail, tail, the vanquished, theatrical, thespian, thug, timeserver, toad, toady, tool, toy, trainbearer, tread the boards, troupe, trouper, truckler, trusting soul, tufthunter, underdog, underling, understrapper, upstage, utility man, vassal, vehicle, victim, villain, votary, ward heeler, yeoman, yes-man

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  • stooge — ► NOUN 1) derogatory a subordinate used by another to do routine or unpleasant work. 2) a performer whose act involves being the butt of a comedian s jokes. ► VERB 1) informal move about aimlessly. 2) be a comedian s stooge. ORIGIN of unknown… …   English terms dictionary

  • stooge — ☆ stooge [sto͞oj ] n. [< ?] Informal 1. an actor who assists a comedian by feeding him lines, being the victim of pranks, etc. 2. any person who acts as a foil, underling, etc. to another: term of contempt vi. stooged, stooging Informal to be… …   English World dictionary

  • stooge — [stu:dʒ] n 1.) informal someone who is used by someone else to do something unpleasant, dishonest, or illegal used to show disapproval 2.) one of two performers in a ↑comedy show, who the other performer makes jokes about and makes look stupid …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stooge — [ studʒ ] noun count 1. ) someone who is used by someone else to do a difficult or unpleasant job 2. ) a STRAIGHT MAN …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stooge — 1913, stage assistant, of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of student (with the mispronunciation STOO jent), in sense of apprentice. Meaning lackey, person used for another s purpose first recorded 1937, perhaps influenced by the Three… …   Etymology dictionary

  • stooge — [n] dupe chump*, easy mark*, fall guy, flunky, fool, lackey, patsy*, pawn, pigeon*, puppet, pushover*, sap*, sucker, victim; concept 423 …   New thesaurus

  • Stooge — A stooge is generally defined as a person that is under the control of another. Being called a stooge is not a form of praise. Stooge can also sometimes be used to mean Idiot .what is stooge......is a donkey *Stooge (missile), an early surface to …   Wikipedia

  • stooge — [[t]stu͟ːʤ[/t]] stooges N COUNT: usu with supp (disapproval) If you refer to someone as a stooge, you are criticizing them because they are used by someone else to do unpleasant or dishonest tasks. He has vehemently rejected claims that he is a… …   English dictionary

  • stooge — [stud3] 1. n. someone’s pawn; someone controlled or maneuvered by someone else. □ I’m not going to be your stooge! □ The guy’s a stooge for the mob’s Mr. Big. Ignore him. 2. in. to work as someone’s underling; to serve as someone’s pawn. □ I’m… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • stooge — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1913 1. a. one who plays a subordinate or compliant role to a principal b. puppet 3 2. straight man 3. stool pigeon 1 II. intransitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stooge — noun 1) a government stooge Syn: underling, minion, lackey, subordinate; henchman; puppet, pawn, cat s paw; informal sidekick 2) a comedian s stooge Syn: butt, foil, straight man …   Thesaurus of popular words

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