LAMB Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

lamb

noun

ˈlam

Definition of lamb next

as in sheep

an innocent or gentle person the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them

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Recent Examples of lamb The Green Bay Packers went out like lambs — not lions — with a disappointing 22-10 wild card loss to Philadelphia on Sunday. —

Rob Reischel, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Inspectors noticed beef, lamb and beans unsafely cooling on the prep table. —

Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025 Karen Carlson, owner of 5 acres in Ramona with donkeys, lambs, chickens, goats, turkeys and quail, was among the attendees of the Jan. 7 meeting. —

Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025 Previous studies have typically measured the health effects of red meat by grouping all types of red meat together, from lamb chops to hot dogs, and concluding that people who eat more of it are more likely to develop conditions such as heart disease. —

Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lamb

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In the first, a mayor placed them in the park to keep the grass trimmed (alongside some sheep, now gone).

— Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
But that moment of enjoyment is only a brief, illusory respite from Ahmet’s laborious responsibilities herding sheep and caring for his kid brother Naim (Agush Agushev), the picture of innocence and adorableness, who hasn’t spoken since their mother died.

— Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025