Synonyms for babe in woods
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : beyb |
| Phonetic Transcription : beɪb |
Top 10 synonyms for babe in woods Other synonyms for the word babe in woods
- artless
- babe in the woods
- babe in woods
- blameless
- butt
- celibate
- child
- clown
- continent
- corn-fed
- country
- dead duck
- dead meat
- dupe
- easy make
- easy mark
- easy pickings
- easy victim
- exemplary
- folksy
- fool
- gambit
- gopher
- green
- greenhorn
- gudgeon
- guileless
- gull
- gullible person
- hireling
- hunted
- idealistic
- immaculate
- immolation
- inculpable
- ingenuous
- injured party
- innocent
- inviolate
- irreproachable
- kid
- lamb
- lily white
- maidenly
- mark
- modest
- naive
- natural
- patsy
- pawn
- pigeon
- prey
- pure as driven snow
- pushover
- quarry
- raw
- righteous
- sacrifice
- scapegoat
- simple
- simple soul
- sinecure
- sinless
- sitting duck
- sitting target
- soft touch
- spotless
- stainless
- stooge
- sucker
- toast
- true
- trusting
- trusting soul
- unaffected
- unartificial
- unblemished
- unblighted
- uncool
- uncorrupted
- undefiled
- underdog
- unprofaned
- unschooled
- unsophisticated
- unspotted
- unstained
- unstudied
- unsullied
- upright
- victim
- virgin
- virtuous
- vulnerable
- wet behind ears
- wide-eyed
- wretch
Définition of babe in woods
Origin :- late 14c., short for baban (early 13c.), which probably is imitative of baby talk (cf. babble), however in many languages the cognate word means "old woman" (cf. Russian babushka "grandmother," from baba "peasant woman").
- Crist crid in cradil, "moder, baba!" [John Audelay, c.1426]
- Now mostly superseded by its diminutive form baby. Used figuratively for "a childish person" from 1520s. Meaning "attractive young woman" is 1915, college slang. Babe in the woods is from 1795.
- As in pure : adj virginal, chaste
- As in unworldly : adj not sophisticated; inexperienced
- As in victim : noun someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon
- As in babe in the woods : noun dupable person
- As in sitting duck : noun easy target
- As in ingenue : noun innocent
Antonyms for babe in woods
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