Related Words for straw man

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figurehead
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Noun, Noun
front
/
Noun, Noun, Adjective, Verb
front man
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
scarecrow
/x
Noun
dummy
/x
Noun
sock puppet
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
bogle
/x
Name
effigy
/xx
Noun
malkin
/x
Name
stick figure
//x
Phrase, Noun
puppet
/x
Noun
clown
/
Noun
sock
/
Noun
joke
/
Noun
string bean
//
Phrase, Noun
shuck
/
Noun
humbug
/x
Noun
target
/x
Noun
skelly
/x
Name
bogey
/x
Noun
plastic
/x
Noun
beanstalk
/x
Noun
bobo
/x
Name
stiff
/
Adjective
song
/
Noun
squishy
/x
Adjective
shell
/
Noun
clown car
//
Phrase, Noun
ridicule
/xx
Noun
barney
/x
Name
beanbag
/x
Noun
buffoon
x/
Noun
fake
/
Noun
gourd
/
Noun
beanie
/x
Noun
silly
/x
Adjective
fright wig
/x
Phrase, Noun
slime
/
Noun
punching bag
/x/
Phrase, Noun
fiddle
/x
Noun
cream puff
//
Phrase, Noun
golly
/x
Noun
bag of bones
///
Phrase, Noun
doll
/
Noun
stupid
/x
Adjective
stick
/
Noun
string
/
Noun
pumpkin head
/x/
Phrase, Noun
steamer
/x
Noun
pillory
/xx
Noun
monster
/x
Noun
lampoon
x/
Noun
parody
/xx
Noun
goat
/
Noun
monkey
/x
Noun
stump
/
Noun
cull
/
Noun
stuff
/
Noun
spider
/x
Noun
boy toy
/x
Phrase, Noun
soap bubble
//x
Phrase, Noun
fall guy
//
Phrase, Noun
pumpkin
/x
Noun
troll
/
Noun
stuffy
/x
Adjective
squash
/
Noun
pseudo
/x
Noun
humdrum
/x
Noun
dead duck
//
Phrase, Noun
spring chicken
//x
Phrase, Noun
baloney
x/x
Noun
abel
/x
Name
adam
/x
Name
adonis
x/x
Name
adult
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
advisory
x/xx
Name, Adjective
agency
/xx
Noun
agent
/x
Noun
airman
/x
Noun
alb
/
Noun
anybody
/xxx
Noun
anyone
/xx
Noun
arm
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
assassin
x/x
Noun, Verb
babu
x/
Noun
baby
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bachelor
/xx
Noun
bamboo
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bark
/
Noun, Verb
barn
/
Noun, Verb
basketry
/xx
Noun
bathwater
/xx
Noun
beau
/
Noun, Verb
beer
/
Noun, Verb
berry
/x
Noun, Verb
best
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bey
/
Noun
bipartisan
x/xx
Adjective
biscuit
/x
Noun
bitsy
/x
Name, Adjective
black
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
blanket
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
blimey
/x
Noun
bloke
/
Noun
blood
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bomber
/x
Noun, Adjective
bonham
/x
Name
boss
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boyfriend
/x
Noun
bran
/
Noun
brave
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
british
/x
Adjective, Name
bro
/
Noun
broom
/
Noun, Verb
brother
/x
Noun, Verb
brown
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
bud
/
Noun, Verb
buddy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bugger
/x
Noun, Verb
bull
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bum
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
businessman
/xx
Noun
buster
/x
Noun
cain
/
Name
canvas
/x
Noun, Verb
capita
/xx
Noun
cat
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
celebrity
x/xx
Noun
centralized
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Adjective
chaff
/
Noun, Verb
champ
/
Noun, Verb
champion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chap
/
Noun, Verb
character
/xx
Noun, Verb
chico
/x
Name
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chimp
/
Noun, Verb
christ
/
Name
chromatic
x/x
Adjective
chum
/
Noun, Verb
citizen
/xx
Noun
civilian
x/x
Adjective, Noun
clerical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
coin
/
Noun, Verb
collegial
x/xx
Adjective
colored
/x
Adjective, Noun
commander
x/x
Noun
commando
x/x
Noun
communication
xxx/x
Noun
conscript
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
cossack
/x
Name
cotton
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
coup
/
Noun, Verb
cousin
/x
Noun, Verb
cow
/
Noun, Verb
crap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
created
x/x
Verb
crew
/
Noun, Verb
crowned
/
Adjective
culprit
/x
Noun
cup
/
Noun, Verb
cyclist
/xx
Noun
dad
/
Noun, Verb
dammit
/x
Noun
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
dandy
/x
Adjective, Name
dawg
/
Noun
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
defendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
derrick
/x
Noun, Verb
devil dog
/x/
Phrase, Noun
dog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
don
/
Name, Verb
dress
/
Noun, Verb
drink
/
Noun, Verb
driver
/x
Noun
drop
/
Noun, Verb
dud
/
Noun, Adjective
dude
/
Noun, Verb
dung
/
Noun, Verb
duo
/x
Noun
dwarf
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
earlobe
/x
Noun
englishman
/xx
Name
englishwoman
/xxx
Name
esquire
/x
Noun, Verb
eunuch
/x
Noun, Verb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fab
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
farm
/
Noun, Verb
fashion plate
/x/
Phrase, Noun
father
/x
Noun, Verb
fella
/x
Noun
feller
/x
Noun
fellow
/x
Noun, Verb
flaw
/
Noun, Verb
fob
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
folks
/
Noun
foot
/
Noun, Verb
fop
/
Noun, Adjective
forecastle
/xx
Noun
frenchman
/x
Name
friend
/
Noun, Verb
frond
/
Noun
gallant
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
gambler
/x
Noun
gee
/
Name, Verb
geez
/
Noun
geezer
/x
Noun
gent
/
Noun, Adjective
gentleman
/xx
Noun
girl
/
Noun, Verb
gladiator
/xxx
Noun, Verb
glass
/
Noun, Verb
glove
/
Noun, Verb
god
/
Name, Verb
gosh
/
Noun
gout
/
Noun, Verb
grass
/
Noun, Verb
guilty
/x
Adjective, Noun
gunner
/x
Noun
guv
x
Noun
guy
/
Noun, Verb
hand
/
Noun, Verb
handpicked
//
Adjective
hassle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hat
/
Noun, Verb
hay
/
Noun, Verb
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hero
/x
Noun
herr
/
Name
hey
/
Name
him
/
Noun
hole
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hombre
/x
Noun
homey
/x
Adjective, Noun
homo
/x
Noun, Adjective
homo erectus
/xx/x
Phrase, Adjective
homo sapiens
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
hook
/
Noun, Verb
horse
/
Noun, Verb