" duck(s) "

1: a member of the human race;

  * e.g., " ... her coworkers regard her as something of an odd duck "

•  Synonyms : 

•  babies,

•  beings,

•  birds,

•  bodies,

•  bods,

•  characters,

•  cookies,

•  creatures,

•  customers,

•  devils,

•  eggs,

•  faces,

•  fish,

•  guys,

•  heads,

•  human beings,

•  humans,

•  individuals,

•  lives,

•  men,

•  mortals,

•  parties,

•  people,

•  personages,

•  scouts,

•  slobs,

•  sorts,

•  souls,

•  specimens,

•  stiffs,

•  things,

•  wights

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a member of the human race;

  * e.g., " ... her coworkers regard her as something of an odd duck "

•  Synonyms : 

•  baby,

•  being,

•  bird,

•  bod,

•  body,

•  character,

•  cookie,

•  creature,

•  customer,

•  devil,

•  egg,

•  face,

•  fish,

•  guy,

•  head,

•  human,

•  human being,

•  individual,

•  life,

•  man,

•  mortal,

•  party,

•  person,

•  personage,

•  scout,

•  slob,

•  sort,

•  soul,

•  specimen,

•  stiff,

•  thing,

•  wight

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule;

  * e.g., " ... those stupid comments just made him a sitting duck for comedians "

•  Synonyms : 

•  butt,

•  mark,

•  prey,

•  target,

•  victim

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule;

  * e.g., " ... those stupid comments just made him a sitting duck for comedians "

•  Synonyms : 

•  butts,

•  marks,

•  prey,

•  targets,

•  victims

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery;

  * e.g., " ... don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work "

•  Synonyms : 

•  avoids,

•  dodges,

•  eludes,

•  escapes,

•  eschews,

•  evades,

•  finesses,

•  gets around,

•  scapes,

•  shakes,

•  shirks,

•  shuffles (out of),

•  shuns,

•  weasels (out of)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to move suddenly aside or to and fro;

  * e.g., " ... duck behind a pillar before they see us "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dodges,

•  jinks,

•  sidesteps,

•  slaloms,

•  weaves,

•  zigzags

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid;

  * e.g., " ... ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dips,

•  douses,

•  dunks,

•  immerses,

•  sops,

•  souses,

•  submerges,

•  submerses

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery;

  * e.g., " ... don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work "

•  Synonyms : 

•  avoid,

•  dodge,

•  elude,

•  escape,

•  eschew,

•  evade,

•  finesse,

•  get around,

•  scape,

•  shake,

•  shirk,

•  shuffle (out of),

•  shun,

•  weasel (out of)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to move suddenly aside or to and fro;

  * e.g., " ... duck behind a pillar before they see us "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dodge,

•  jink,

•  sidestep,

•  slalom,

•  weave,

•  zigzag

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid;

  * e.g., " ... ducked the new camper in the lake as a joke "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dip,

•  douse,

•  dunk,

•  immerse,

•  sop,

•  souse,

•  submerge,

•  submerse

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to use up carelessly;

  * e.g., " ... a spoiled heiress who played ducks and drakes with her parents' money "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blow,

•  dissipate,

•  fiddle away,

•  fritter (away),

•  lavish,

•  lose,

•  misspend,

•  run through,

•  spend,

•  squander,

•  throw away,

•  trifle (away),

•  waste

•  Antonyms : 

•  conserve

1: to use up carelessly;

  * e.g., " ... a spoiled heiress who played ducks and drakes with her parents' money "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blew,

•  dissipated,

•  fiddled away,

•  frittered (away),

•  lavished,

•  lost,

•  misspent,

•  ran through,

•  spent,

•  squandered,

•  threw away,

•  trifled (away),

•  wasted

•  Antonyms : 

•  conserved

1: a person of odd or whimsical habits;

  * e.g., " ... That old man's an odd duck who keeps his extravagant holiday lighting display up all year long. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  characters,

•  codgers,

•  crackbrains,

•  crackpots,

•  cracks,

•  cranks,

•  eccentrics,

•  flakes,

•  fruitcakes,

•  head cases,

•  kooks,

•  nutcases,

•  nuts,

•  nutters,

•  oddballs,

•  oddities,

•  originals,

•  quizzes,

•  screwballs,

•  weirdos,

•  zanies

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to use up carelessly;

  * e.g., " ... a spoiled heiress who played ducks and drakes with her parents' money "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blows,

•  dissipates,

•  fiddles away,

•  fritters (away),

•  lavishes,

•  loses,

•  misspends,

•  runs through,

•  spends,

•  squanders,

•  throws away,

•  trifles (away),

•  wastes

•  Antonyms : 

•  conserves