Puppet

//ˈpʌpɪt//

Synonyms for "puppet" (229 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Noun(1 words)
creature

Strong matches (69)

Related words (114)

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4 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

3 entries

derived

30 entries

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has context

1 entries

is a

4 entries

related to

9 entries

Translations

221 translations across 85 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • kukull noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • kukull noun (person or country controlled by another)

Amharic

1 entries
  • አሻንጉሊት noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • νευρόσπαστον noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • ἀνδρείκελον noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Arabic

2 entries
  • دُمْيَة noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • دُمْيَة noun (person or country controlled by another)

Armenian

4 entries
  • խաղատիկնիկ noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • խամաճիկ noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • խամաճիկ noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • մարիոնետ noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • kukla noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • kukla noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • qondarma noun (person or country controlled by another)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ҡурсаҡ noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ку́кла noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • ля́лька noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • марыяне́тка noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • марыяне́тка noun (person or country controlled by another)

Bengali

1 entries
  • পুতুল noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • ку́кла noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • марионе́тка noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • марионе́тка noun (person or country controlled by another)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အရုပ် noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Catalan

2 entries
  • ninot noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • titella noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 人偶 noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • 偶人 noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • 木偶 noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 人偶 noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • 偶人 noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • 傀儡 noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • 提線木偶 /提线木偶 noun (person or country controlled by another)

Cornish

1 entries
  • popet noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Czech

2 entries
  • loutka noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • loutka noun (person or country controlled by another)

Danish

2 entries
  • marionet noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionet noun (person or country controlled by another)

Dari

1 entries
  • گُدِی noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Dutch

2 entries
  • marionet noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionet noun (person or country controlled by another)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • pupo noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Estonian

4 entries
  • hüpiknukk noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • käpiknukk noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionett noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionett noun (person or country controlled by another)

Finnish

4 entries
  • käsinukke noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionetti noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionetti noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • nukke noun (movable model of a person or animal)

French

1 entries
  • marionnette noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Galician

4 entries
  • fantoche noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marioneta noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • monicreque noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • monifate noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Georgian

3 entries
  • თოჯინა noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • მარიონეტი noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • მარიონეტი noun (person or country controlled by another)

German

3 entries
  • Handpuppe noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • Marionette noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • Marionette noun (person or country controlled by another)

Greek

4 entries
  • ανδρείκελο noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • μαριονέτα noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • μαριονέτα noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • νευρόσπαστο noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בובה \ בֻּבָּה noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • בובה \ בֻּבָּה noun (person or country controlled by another)

Hindi

3 entries
  • कठपुतली noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • गुड़िया noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • पुतली noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • báb noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • báb noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • bábu noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • brúða noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • leikbrúða noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • leikbrúða noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • strengjabrúða noun (person or country controlled by another)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • boneka noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • boneka noun (person or country controlled by another)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • عَروسَک noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Irish

1 entries
  • puipéad noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Italian

4 entries
  • burattino noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • fantoccio noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • fantoccio noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • marionetta noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Japanese

4 entries
  • パペット noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • 人形 noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • 人形 noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • 偶人 noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қуыршақ noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ណាំងតាលុង noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • អាយ៉ង noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Korean

4 entries
  • 괴뢰 noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • 꼭두각시 noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • 꼭두각시 noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • 우인 noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • куурчак noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຕຸກກະຕາ noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Latin

2 entries
  • neuropastum noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • pupa noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Latvian

3 entries
  • lelle noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionete noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionete noun (person or country controlled by another)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • lėlė noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionetė noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionetė noun (person or country controlled by another)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • кукла noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • марионе́та noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Malay

3 entries
  • anak patung noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • boneka noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • boneka noun (person or country controlled by another)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ചരടുപാവ noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • പാവ noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Marathi

2 entries
  • कठपुतळी noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • कळसूत्री noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • тоглоом noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • хүүхэлдэй noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • ᠬᠡᠦᠬᠡᠯᠳᠡᠢ noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Māori

2 entries
  • karetao noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • tokoraurape noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • kukla noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • hånddukke noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionett noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionett noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • nikkedukke noun (person or country controlled by another)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • кукла noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • ببك noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • قوقله noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Pashto

4 entries
  • لوبته noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • لوبتک noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • لوبتکه noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • لوڅکه noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Aumpelmaun noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Polish

2 entries
  • lalka noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionetka noun (person or country controlled by another)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • fantoche noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • fantoche noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • marionete noun (person or country controlled by another)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਕਠਪੁਤਲੀ noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • ਪੁਤਲੀ noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Romanian

3 entries
  • marionetă noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionetă noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • păpușă noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Russian

3 entries
  • ку́кла noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • марионе́тка noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • марионе́тка noun (person or country controlled by another)

Samoan

1 entries
  • papeti noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • पाञ्चालिका noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • gille-mirein noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • pupaid noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • lȕtka noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • lȕtka noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • лу̏тка noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • лу̏тка noun (person or country controlled by another)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • රූකඩ noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Slovak

3 entries
  • bábka noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • bábka noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • maňuška noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Slovene

2 entries
  • lutka noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • lutka noun (person or country controlled by another)

Spanish

4 entries
  • fantoche noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • fantoche noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • marioneta noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marioneta noun (person or country controlled by another)

Swahili

1 entries
  • karagosi noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Swedish

4 entries
  • marionett noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • marionett noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • marionett noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • nickedocka noun (person or country controlled by another)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • sebekoy noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Tajik

3 entries
  • арусак noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • зоча noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • лӯхтак noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Tatar

1 entries
  • курчак noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Thai

2 entries
  • หุ่นเชิด noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • หุ่นเชิด noun (person or country controlled by another)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཨ་ལག་པད་ཀོག noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kukla noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • kukla noun (person or country controlled by another)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gurjak noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ку́кла noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • ля́лька noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • маріоне́тка noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • маріоне́тка noun (person or country controlled by another)

Urdu

2 entries
  • پُتْلِی noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • گُڑِیا noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قورچاق noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qoʻgʻirchoq noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • bù nhìn noun (person or country controlled by another)
  • con rối noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • con rối noun (person or country controlled by another)

Welsh

1 entries
  • pyped noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • ליאַלקע noun (movable model of a person or animal)
  • מאַריאָנעטטע noun (movable model of a person or animal)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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I have lived a life of a puppet of fortune.

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The Foreign Minister was a puppet.

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During the 20th century, Manchukuo was a puppet state.

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A puppet does not know that it is being controlled.

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