sheeplike

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US/ˈʃip.laɪk/

adjective

Resembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly.

“I was horrified by their sheeplike acquiescence.”

Similar
ovinesheepishdocile
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English sheep →
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Meanings

adjectivesheeplike (comparative more sheeplike, superlative most sheeplike)

comparative more sheeplike · superlative most sheeplike · alternative sheep-like

  1. Resembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly.

    I was horrified by their sheeplike acquiescence.

    1 more example

    Occasionally I succumb to the vibrations in the atmosphere and follow, sheeplike, the movements of the crowd.

    1981 December 19, Nancy Walker, “Taxi, Shmaxi!”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 22, page 12

    Synonyms: ovine

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly.

Similar
ovine

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelike or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity

Similar
sheepishdocile
Also see
docileovinesheepishsheepy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*skēpą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*skāp
  3. Old Englishsċēap
  4. Middle Englishschep
  5. Englishsheep
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. Englishsheeplike

From sheep + -like.

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APA

sheeplike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheeplike

MLA

“sheeplike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheeplike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sheeplike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheeplike.

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