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lamb

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lamb

an innocent or gentle person

the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them

Synonyms of lamb

angel, dove, innocent, sheep

Words Related to lamb

babe, colt, cub, fledgling, greenhorn, ingenue (or ingénue), naïf (or naif), newbie, tenderfoot, virgin

mollycoddle, sissy, softy (or softie), weakling, wimp

dupe, pigeon, sap, sucker

Near Antonyms of lamb

bully, roughneck, rowdy, tough

beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, slob

shark, skunk, snake, stinker

devil, knave, miscreant, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scoundrel, varlet, villain

Antonyms of lamb

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