Synonyms for cat's-paw
Most common
instrument rubber-stamp kangaroo paw cat's claw errand boy catsfoot
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Dupe — someone who acts in another's interest, (properly) unknowingly or through trickery
2. Instrument
Other
cat's claw, kangaroo paw, rubber-stamp, errand boy, catsfoot
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who acts in another's interest, (properly) unknowingly or through trickery.
Cat's-paw, common in vulgar speech, but not in writing.
- n. 2
A paw of a cat.
Forms
- Plural
- cat's-paws → tools, dupes, instruments, pawns…
Example sentences
- instrument What was the first instrument you learned to play?
By length
- 4 letters
- tool1, pawn1, dupe1
- 8 letters
- catsfoot
- 10 letters
- instrument3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (instrument3 = 3 syllables).