Thesaurus:scarecrow

Thesaurus:scarecrow

THESAURUS

scarecrow

English

Synonyms

• crow scarer

• crowkeeper (obsolete)

• frayboggard (obsolete)

• gallicrow (British dialect)

• gallybagger (British dialect)

• malkin (archaic, now dialect)

• mammet

• scare-beggar (obsolete)

• scare-the-birds

• scarecrow

Hyponyms

• moggy (UK regional)

• scare-bullfinch

• scaregoose

• straw man

Hypernyms

• artifact    [WS]

• effigy
• object of fear

Various

• clapper

• straw man

Further reading

• “859. hopelessness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “scarecrow” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.