Meanings
alternative rare sheople
- derogatorypluralplural onlyslangPeople who are perceived as conforming unquestioningly to authority or mainstream beliefs.
Harmless vapour trails left by planes? That's what they want you to think, sheeple.
2010 August 20, Richard Adams, “The American far-right's top 10 paranoid conspiracy theories (photo caption)”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 21 Aug 20145 more examples
War protesters . . . did appear along Mr. Rumsfeld's path carrying signs saying "Bush is a Liar" and "Wake Up, Sheeple".
2005 September 11, Glen Justice, John Files, “Commemoration or Promotion? Walk Highlights Iraq Divide”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Aug 2014[F]ormer MP Garth Turner’s new book . . . is entitled Sheeple, a term apparently applied to people who often take on the characteristics—curly white hair covering most of the body, fondness for grazing, tendency to do as told—of sheep.
2009 August 27, Aaron Wherry, “The Commons: You bore us, Mr. Ignatieff”, in Macleans, Canada, retrieved 21 Aug 2014He'll take himself down. Yeah, history always proves that, right? Just wait for justice, you sheeple…
2016, Life Is Strange, spoken by Luke (Nik Shriner), Square Enix, via Dontnod EntertainmentBeing a sheeple isn't always dangerous. A lot of the time it can just make a person look foolish, more than anything.
Kaitlyn S. C. Hatch, Wise at Any Age (page 10)I think it's the HYDRA, the group of whatevers that rule the world, those elitists that laugh at us, joke about their environmentalist sheeples doing their bidding while they sip the best wine on the planet, ride around in private jets, […]
2011, Carol Ann Lindsay, The Planet of Comet Sense, page 55Synonyms: sheep · Antonyms: freethinker, skeptic
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPeople who are perceived as conforming unquestioningly to authority or mainstream beliefs.
Origin
Blend of sheep (“likened to sheep in a herd that follow without independent thought”) + people.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian стадо
- стадо (stado)the sheeple, one of the sheeple
Czech ovčan, ovčani
- ovčanthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- ovčanithe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- ovcethe sheeple, one of the sheeple
Dutch kudde
- kuddethe sheeple, one of the sheeple
Esperanto ŝafhomo
- ŝafhomothe sheeple, one of the sheeple
Finnish vaalikarja
- vaalikarjathe sheeple, one of the sheeple
French mouton de Panurge
- mouton de Panurgethe sheeple, one of the sheeple
German Fähnchen im Wind, Herdenmensch
- Fähnchen im Windthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- Herdenmenschthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- Jasagerthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- Mitläuferthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- Schafthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- Schlafschafthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- Untertanthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- Wellenreiterthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
Greek πρόβατα
- πρόβατα (próvata)the sheeple, one of the sheeple
Hungarian birka
- birkathe sheeple, one of the sheeple
Latin pecus
- pecusthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
Polish leming
- lemingthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
Portuguese manada, gado
- manadathe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- gadothe sheeple, one of the sheeple
Russian о́вощ, чел-ове́к
- о́вощ (óvošč)the sheeple, one of the sheeple
- чел-ове́к (čel-ovék)the sheeple, one of the sheeple
- бы́дло (býdlo)the sheeple, one of the sheeple
Spanish borregada
- borregadathe sheeple, one of the sheeple
Turkish uymacı, uymacılar
- uymacıthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- uymacılarthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- koyunlukçıthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
- koyunlukçılarthe sheeple, one of the sheeple
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sheeple
All rhymes →Cite this entry
sheeple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheeple
“sheeple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheeple. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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