Uk English Meaning of scapegoat
Scapegoat
Other Uk English words related to Scapegoat
Nearest Words of scapegoat
- scapegrace => scapegrace
- scapeless => Scapeless
- scapement => escapement
- scape-wheel => escape-wheel
- scaphander => Diving suit
- scaphiopus => Scaphiopus
- scaphiopus bombifrons => Plains spadefoot toad
- scaphiopus hammondii => Western spadefoot toad.
- scaphiopus multiplicatus => spadefoot toad
- scaphism => scaphism
Definitions and Meaning of scapegoat in English
scapegoat (n)
someone who is punished for the errors of others
scapegoat (n.)
A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
FAQs About the word scapegoat
Scapegoat
someone who is punished for the errors of othersA goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape in
excuse,goat,victim,Fall guy,Whipping boy,dupe,laughing stock,Mark,mockery,monkey
No antonyms found.
scapegallows => scapegoat, scaped => escaped, scape => pedestal, scanty => Scant, scantness => Scarcity,
