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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