puppet
/ˈpʌpɪt/noun2 syllables
Puppet means: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else.
Synonyms for puppet3
What does puppet mean?3
noun
1
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
2
a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
3
a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Puppet in a sentence
- This world has a lot of puppet masters, and they all want different things.rul
- I feel like a puppet, with strings pulled by unseen forces.Nuel
- Whether male or female, humans are nothing more than soulless meat puppets.DJ_Saidez
- I have lived a life of a puppet of fortune.unknown
- I am going to the puppet theatre with my nephew.Ioan_Cristian
- A puppet does not know that it is being controlled.marshmallowcat
- A puppet doesn't know that it is being manipulated.shea
- Boldi's expensive puppet was left unattended on a table in the cafeteria.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of puppet
as a noun
- plural
- puppets