Antonyms for doormat


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dawr-mat, dohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɔrˌmæt, ˈdoʊr-


Definition of doormat

Origin :
  • 1660s, from door + mat. Figurative use from 1861.
  • As in lackey : noun servant
  • As in minion : noun sycophant
  • As in patsy : noun fall guy
  • As in scapegoat : noun person who takes blame for
  • As in sycophant : noun person who caters to another
  • As in toady : noun sycophant
  • As in yes-person : noun sycophant
  • As in easy mark : noun easy victim
  • As in mat : noun covering
  • As in yes man : noun someone following orders without question
Example sentences :
  • Mr. Darco darted and shook her as if she had been a doormat.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • "If you're looking for a doormat to wipe your feet on, I'll send for Tony," he jeered.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • Any man that wears clothes like a doormat will let you make a doormat of him!
  • Extract from : « Skinner's Dress Suit » by Henry Irving Dodge
  • If you want to know, she's got a right to make a doormat of me.
  • Extract from : « A Texas Ranger » by William MacLeod Raine
  • A sweet child with ted pigtails was playing with shells on the doormat.
  • Extract from : « Burgundy: The Splendid Duchy » by Percy Allen
  • Some of the islands were a mile in area, some no bigger than a doormat.
  • Extract from : « Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds » by William La Varre
  • She knelt down on her own doormat, and we exchanged loving greetings.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of a Midget » by Walter de la Mare
  • "Dead as a doormat," announced her brother, after a hasty examination.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • This particular specimen, when I saw him, looked more like part of a doormat.
  • Extract from : « Idle Ideas in 1905 » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • He is not quite content, however, to be simply the doormat of American civilization.
  • Extract from : « Your Negro Neighbor » by Benjamin Brawley

Synonyms for doormat

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