Meaning

1 senses
  1. Resembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly.

    I was horrified by their sheeplike acquiescence.

More definitions
  • like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity

Forms

more sheeplike, most sheeplike
Comparativemore sheeplike Lesson
Superlativemost sheeplike Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity:sheepish

Word family

3 related words

See also

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