STOOGE Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

stooge

noun

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Recent Examples of stooge Suspecting that the murder was linked to his work with the NSA, the first suspect is a Volknet stooge named Nikolai Romanov (Nikita Naydenov). —

Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Dec. 2025 Though Sami’s previous ambivalence over the group’s mission makes his eventual attack on Whelan a bit curious, River’s heroic rescue of the beleaguered First Desk stooge sets up the real dénouement in which his future and the future of Slough House itself is briefly in question. —

Scott Tobias, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025 In a key twist, one of Roy Lee’s stooges turns out to be Dillon MacIntosh (Eric Dane), who comes to have designs on the ghost shirt as a means to enrich him and his mightily unhappy family unit: his girlfriend, Mandy (Halsey), and her little boy, Cal (Gavin Maddox Bergman). —

Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025 On issue after issue facing the city, like homelessness, Mass and Cass and fixing the streets, Wu does nothing and has her stooge allies on the City Council stifle any debate or criticism. —

Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stooge

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Noun

That means, of course, she’s now been phased out of her role as a factory lackey in dystopian near-future Brazil due to her age.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests.

— Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026