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Showing words for SCAPEGOAT using the English dictionary

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