Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic)A conformist; an ordinary or conventional person

  2. (idiomatic, ironic)A disliked person; one who is disfavored

    I was the white sheep of the family, the straight man.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, sheep.

    large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska

Examples

1 sentences
  1. These clouds look like a flock of white sheep.

Forms

plural: white sheep
Singularwhite sheep
Pluralwhite sheep

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

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