sitting duck | Definition of sitting duck

Synonyms and Antonyms of sitting duck

a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule

those stupid comments just made him a sitting duck for comedians

Synonyms of sitting duck

butt, mark, prey, target, victim

Words Related to sitting duck

laughingstock, mockery, pilgarlic

fall guy, goat, scapegoat, whipping boy

Near Antonyms of sitting duck

gossip, gossiper, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, troublemaker

defamer, libeler, libelist, traducer

baiter, heckler, needler, ribber, taunter, tease, teaser, tormentor (also tormenter), torturer

derider, insulter, mocker, ridiculer, scoffer, scorner

caricaturist, lampooner, parodist, satirist