9 Letter Words for Scapegoat
scapegoat
8 Letter Words for Scapegoat
peacoats
7 Letter Words for Scapegoat
acepots, apasote, capotes, costage, gestapo, opacate, peacoat, postage, potages, scopate, toecaps
6 Letter Words for Scapegoat
acates, agapes, agates, ascape, aspace, aspect, cageot, cagots, capote, capots, casate, coapts, coates, coseat, epacts, getspa, pacate, pacota, pataco, postea, potage, sacate, sacope, sapego, sapota, sapote, scopae, scopet, socage, toecap
5 Letter Words for Scapegoat
acast, acate, aceta, acost, actos, agape, agasp, agast, agate, apace, apage, apast, ascot, aspca, ataps, atocs, cages, cagot, capas, capes, capos, capot, capsa, caste, cates, catso, cesta, coapt, coast, coate, coats, copes, copse, coset, costa, coste, cotes, epact, escot, estoc, estop, gapes, gapos, gates, geast, geats, getas, goats, octas, osage, pacas, paces, pacos, pacta, pacts, pages, paseo, pasta, paste, pasto, patao, patas, pates, peags, peats, pecos, pesto, petas, petos, poets, posca, potes, psoae, scapa, scape, sceat, scopa, scope, scote, septa, soget, space, spate, speat, spect, stage, stoae, stoep, stoga, stopa, stope, taces, tacos, tacso, tapas, tapes, tapoa, tasco, tepas, toeas, togas, toges, topas, topes, tosca
4 Letter Words for Scapegoat
aces, acop, acpt, acta, actg, acts, agas, ages, aget, agos, agst, apes, apse, apts, asap, asea, asop, asta, atap, ates, atoc, atop, cage, capa, cape, capo, caps, capt, casa, case, cast, cate, cats, ceas, cepa, ceps, cest, coat, coes, cogs, copa, cope, cops, copt, cose, cost, cote, cots, ctge, east, eats, ecto, egos, epos, esca, esop, etas, gaea, gaes, gaet, gapa, gape, gapo, gaps, gasp, gast, gata, gate, gats, geat, geos, gest, geta, gets, goas, goat, goes, gote, oast, oats, ocas, octa, opec, opes, opts, paas, paca, pace, paco, pacs, pact, paga, page, pase, paso, past, pata, pate, pato, pats, peag, peas, peat, pecs, pega, pegs, pesa, peso, pest, peta, peto, pets, poas, poet, pose, post, pote, pots, psec, saco, saga, sage, sago, sapa, sapo, sata, sate, scap, scat, scet, scog, scop, scot, seat, seco, sect, sego, sepg, sept, seta, soap, soca, soce, sope, spae, spag, spat, spec, spet, spot, stag, stap, steg, step, stge, stoa, stog, stop, tace, taco, tags, taos, tapa, tape, taps, teap, teas, teca, tega, tegs, tepa, tocs, toea, toes, toga, toge, togs, tope, tops, tosa, tose
3 Letter Words for Scapegoat
aas, ace, act, aes, aga, age, ago, ags, agt, apa, apc, ape, apt, ase, asg, asp, ast, ate, atp, cag, cap, cat, ceo, cep, cgs, cog, cop, cos, cot, cpa, cpo, cps, cpt, csp, cst, cte, ctg, cto, cts, eas, eat, ecg, eco, ect, ego, eos, epa, esc, esp, est, eta, etc, gap, gas, gat, geo, get, goa, gop, gos, got, gps, gtc, gte, oas, oat, oca, oct, oes, opa, ope, ops, opt, ose, otc, pac, pas, pat, pct, pea, pec, peg, pes, pet, poa, pos, pot, pst, pta, pte, ptg, pts, saa, sac, sag, sao, sap, sat, sct, sea, sec, seg, sep, set, soc, sog, sop, sot, spa, spt, sta, stg, taa, tag, tao, tap, tas, tcp, tea, tec, teg, tes, toa, toc, toe, tog, top, tos, tps, tsp
Definitions for Scapegoat
[1] a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
[2] Chiefly Biblical . a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its head. Lev. 16:8,10,26.
[3] to make a scapegoat of: Strike leaders tried to scapegoat foreign competitors.
[4] a person made to bear the blame for others
[5] Old Testament a goat used in the ritual of Yom Kippur (Leviticus 16); it was symbolically laden with the sins of the Israelites and sent into the wilderness to be destroyed
[6] (tr) to make a scapegoat of
Words related to Scapegoat
fool, pushover, stooge, sucker, sacrifice, gull, schmuck, patsy, mark, dupe, victim, chump, sap, weakling, goat, doormat, pigeon
Words nearby Scapegoat
scanty, scanzoni's maneuver, scapa flow, scape, scape wheel, scapegoat, scapegoatism, scapegrace, scapewheel, scapha, scapho-
Origin of Scapegoat
First recorded in 1520–30; scape2 + goat
Word origin for Scapegoat
C16: from escape + goat , coined by William Tyndale to translate Biblical Hebrew azāzēl (probably) goat for Azazel, mistakenly thought to mean ``goat that escapes''
Synonyms for Scapegoat
fall guy, chump, doormat, dupe, fool, goat, gull, mark, patsy, pigeon, pushover, sacrifice, sap, schmuck, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling, another's action boob, easy mark, sitting duck
