SHEEP Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

sheep

noun

ˈshēp

Definition of sheep

as in innocent

an innocent or gentle person he came to see that the members of the cult were sheep who naively went along with whatever their leader dictated

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Recent Examples of sheep The very few people who live there work on sheep ranches, and in some areas the population density is as low as one-tenth of an inhabitant per square mile. — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Perhaps the only way to actually fight back, as the New Zealand sheep mascot incident illustrated, is to choose love, not hate. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile over 100 Palestinian communities have been displaced or erased by the settler violence and the ever-encroaching sheep. — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026 The sheep references our family’s English shepherding heritage. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sheep

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On that terrible day, millions of Americans witnessed airplanes flying into buildings, people jumping off skyscrapers, and the Twin Towers collapsing with thousands of innocents inside.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of innocent

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The poor, sweet, innocent angel of a chef, who was so proud to be able to share his menu with his world leader guests, only for Grace to stalk away mid-recitation?

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
Those were the good cop and bad cop on his shoulder, or the devil and the angel on his shoulder, throughout his time.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of angel

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Aisha and her sister Nadia had spent the afternoon kneeling over a camping stove, preparing a lamb-and-okra stew.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Fresh deliveries arrive twice weekly from a Colorado halal meat supplier, with lamb and beef among the store’s best-selling products.

— Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026

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