escapegoat

E1S1C3A1P3E1G2O1A1T1

A form of scapegoat — In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.

Similar
scapegoat
Scrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounescapegoat (plural escapegoats)

plural escapegoats

  1. alternativeAlternative form of scapegoat.

    Synonyms: scapegoat

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fall guyscapegoatwhipping boy
Cite this entry
APA

escapegoat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escapegoat

MLA

“escapegoat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escapegoat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escapegoat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escapegoat.

Source: escapegoat on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.