Sheep and Wolf

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Sheep noun - An innocent or gentle person.

Usage example: he came to see that the members of the cult were sheep who naively went along with whatever their leader dictated

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Wolf is an antonym for sheep.

Nearby Words: sheepish, sheepskin

Wolf noun - A man given to seducing women.

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Sheep is an antonym for wolf.

Nearby Words: wolfish, wolfed, wolfing, wolfskin

female	female sheep	female wolf
normal	normal sheep	normal wolf
regular	regular sheep	regular wolf
alien	alien sheep	alien wolf
Other adjectives: dead, single, poor, actual, male, evil, little, black, angry, domestic, titular, last, talking, literal, giant, demonic, anthropomorphic, eponymous, mutant.

When Bogus walks past the wolf while wearing the sheep's wool, the wolf tries to catch Bogus, who he thinks is a sheep, but only succeeds in pulling off the wool.

Source: Recap / Mr Bogus S 2 E 7 Bogus Private Eye
After getting some facts from Bo Peep about where her lost sheep might be, Bogus then concludes that a big bad wolf is after the lost sheep.

Source: Recap / Mr Bogus S 2 E 7 Bogus Private Eye
When the lost sheep walks past a bush, he is suddenly pulled in by Bogus, who borrows the sheep's wool, in a trap to catch the wolf.

Source: Recap / Mr Bogus S 2 E 7 Bogus Private Eye

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Wolf and Sheep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/sheep/wolf

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Wolf or Sheep. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/sheep/wolf.

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