sitting duck

sitting duck

noun

Definition of SITTING DUCK

a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule <those stupid comments just made him a sitting duck for comedians>

Synonyms butt, mark, prey, sitting duck, victim

Related Words laughingstock, mockery, pilgarlic; lightning rod; fall guy, goat, scapegoat, whipping boy

Near Antonyms gossip, gossiper, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, troublemaker; defamer, libeler, libelist, traducer; baiter, heckler, needler, ribber, taunter, tease, teaser, tormentor (also tormenter), torturer; derider, insulter, mocker, ridiculer, scoffer, scorner; caricaturist, lampooner, parodist, satirist