Thesaurus / under dog
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synonyms for under dog
- destitute
- distressed
- exploited
- needy
- oppressed
- persecuted
- a slave to
- abject
- at one's beck and call
- at one's feet
- at one's mercy
- have-not
- helpless
- in one's clutches
- in one's pocket
- in one's power
- led by the nose
- maltreated
- mistreated
- overcome
- subjugated
- subservient
- suppressed
- tyrannized
- under one's thumb
- underdog
- underfoot
- also-ran
- underdog
- deadbeat
- defeated
- dud
- failure
- flop
- has-been
- disadvantaged
- down-and-outer
- flunkee
- underprivileged
- casualty
- chased
- dupe
- game
- kill
- loot
- mark
- martyr
- mug
- pillage
- quarry
- quest
- raven
- spoil
- sufferer
- underdog
- victim
- dupe
- patsy
- sucker
- fool
- gudgeon
- gull
- mark
- pawn
- pigeon
- prey
- pushover
- quarry
- stooge
- butt
- babe in woods
- easy make
- easy mark
- sitting duck
- sitting target
- soft touch
- also-ran
- long shot
- sleeper
- underdog
- hundred-to-one shot
- improbability
- little chance
- little opportunity
- outside chance
- outside shot
- poor bet
- poor lookout
- poor possibility
- poor prognosis
- poor prospect
- slim chance
- small chance
- stalking horse
- unexpected winner
- unknown
- unknown quantity
- unlikelihood
- unlikely winner
- upsetter
On this page you'll find 114 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to under dog, such as: destitute, distressed, exploited, needy, oppressed, and persecuted.
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How to use under dog in a sentence
"Sympathy for the under dog, as Miss Monroe's countrywomen would say picturesquely," remarked Mr. Macdonald.
PENELOPE'S EXPERIENCES IN SCOTLANDKATE DOUGLAS WIGGINThe under-dog deserves our sympathy, the upper-dog must be a better dog or he couldn't have put the other dog down.
THE IRON PUDDLERJAMES J. DAVISBoth together—the under dog seems to have too much cover, like his mouth might be full of cotton.
THE CLANSMANTHOMAS DIXONIt was not Minga's way to vibrate to the sorrow of the under-dog.
UNDER THE LAWEDWINA STANTON BABCOCKA characteristic weakness of Irving's was always an unreasoning fondness for the under dog.
WASHINGTON IRVINGHENRY W. BOYNTONHe was always like that even as a baby, always on the side of the unfortunate, always fighting valiantly for the under dog.
LIFE AND GABRIELLAELLEN GLASGOWBy championing the cause of the "under-dog" in Centralia Smith brought down on himself the wrath of the lumber trust.
THE CENTRALIA CONSPIRACYRALPH CHAPLINHis heart is always on the side of the Untermensch, a name given by the Germans, a learned people, to what we call the under-dog.
THE PATIENT OBSERVERSIMEON STRUNSKYTo allow the Irish to govern themselves means putting the under dog on top and the upper dog underneath.
THE GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND (VOL. I)A. LAWRENCE LOWELLEvery waif, every under-dog, every sick woman and child within fifty miles had met that smile and warmed to it.
THE FIGHTING EDGEWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE