Lemming

Synonyms for "lemming" (20 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(1 words)
arctic rodent

Strong matches (6)

Related words (10)

Noun(3 words)
sable mousesmall rodenttundra rodent

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Norway lemmingbrown lemmingcollared lemmingmob adherenttrend follower

Collocations

6 entries
Norway lemmingarctic lemmingbrown lemminglemming behaviorlemming migrationlemming population dynamics

Inflections

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Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The well-known lemmings, in severe winters, at long intervals, move down from the mountains of Scandinavia in immense numbers, crossing lakes and rivers, eating their way through haystacks, and surmounting every obstacle till they reach the sea, whence very few return.

Source: wiktionary

Lemmings are strongly cohesive, but could be, in organisational terms, highly destructive for the business.

Source: wiktionary

Like a lemming, I followed the crowd, got to the right line and was concentrating hard when queried by the customs officer.

Source: wiktionary

“It’s like the one person did it once and since then everyone has followed like lemmings, they all just copy each other’s behaviour,” said [Paul] Loebenberg.

Source: wiktionary

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