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Synonyms for straw man
straw man
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Princeton's WordNet
front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawmannoun
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
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strawman, forepart, scarer, front man, battlefront, movement, front line, social movement, figurehead, scarecrow, front end, nominal head, presence, front, bird-scarerstraw man, strawmannoun
a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
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strawman, scarer, front man, figurehead, scarecrow, nominal head, front, bird-scarerscarecrow, straw man, strawman, bird-scarer, scarernoun
an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
Synonyms:
strawman, front man, scarecrow, figurehead, scarer, nominal head, front, bird-scarer
Matched Categories
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| ranking | word | |
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| #794 | front | |
| #2293 | movement | |
| #2782 | presence | |
| #24828 | battlefront | |
| #32196 | scarecrow | |
| #83202 | strawman | |
| #89107 | figurehead | |
| #238102 | forepart | |
| #293486 | scarer |
Translations for straw man
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- espantaocells, home de pallaCatalan, Valencian
- Strohmann, StrohpuppeGerman
- σκιάχτρο, αχυράνθρωποςGreek
- espantapájaros, hombre de pajaSpanish
- mattimeikäläinen, olkinukkeFinnish
- épouvantail, homme de pailleFrench
- uomo di pagliaItalian
- espantalhoPortuguese
- страшила, пугало, чучелоRussian
- страшилоSerbo-Croatian
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