Dummy and Puppet

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Dummy noun - A stupid person.

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Puppet is a synonym for dummy in thing topic. In some cases you can use "Puppet" instead a noun "Dummy".

Nearby Word: dummied

Puppet noun - A small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything.

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Dummy is a synonym for puppet in thing topic. You can use "Dummy" instead a noun "Puppet".

Nearby Words: puppetry, puppeteer

live	live dummy	live puppet
sentient	sentient dummy	sentient puppet
old	old dummy	old puppet
good	good dummy	good puppet
Other adjectives: short, crude, obvious, actual, real, big, wooden, animated, new, lifeless, mere, titular, giant, robotic, life-sized, remote-controlled.

Both take the puppet/dummy system introduced in the fourth game up to eleven.

Source: Video Game / Summon Night
In Zatanna, Zee clashed with a demonic dummy who turned out to be a murderer magically transformed into a puppet by her father decades earlier.

Source: Demonic Dummy
At one point, he creates a Maxum Man dummy and props it across the street, with Trevor using the dummy as a puppet to wave and talk to Maxum Mom.

Source: Holding Both Sides of the Conversation

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