LAMBS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

lambs

noun

plural of lamb

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 lambs Dobbs even let her children get pet lambs. — Leigh Kiniry, CBS News, 18 June 2026 The O'Connors plan to keep the four ewes and find homes for the two male lambs. — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 And the livestock barns and show rings will feature baby lambs and goats, along with steers, chickens and turkeys. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026 During winter, snow under the shade of solar panels takes a long time to melt, causing baby lambs to freeze in the cold. — Sanggay Tashi, The Conversation, 11 June 2026 For years, the standard treatment has involved avoiding foods that come from cows, pigs and lambs while carrying an epinephrine injector in case of medical emergency. — Matthew Perrone, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 For years, the standard treatment has involved avoiding foods that come from cows, pigs and lambs while carrying an epinephrine injector in case of medical emergency. — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 13 June 2026 Alpha-gal syndrome is a type of allergy to a sugar molecule (Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose) that’s found in mammals like pigs, lambs and cows—but not humans. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 27 May 2026 Earlier this spring, the BBC reported that health officials in Wales urged people not to handle lambs when visiting farms, following over 500 cases of cryptosporidiosis in the country last year — over a third of which (35 percent) involved children under 10. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026

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Noun

First, the animals whose skins would become parchment—typically sheep or calves—had to be slaughtered; a complete bible required the skins of around five hundred sheep.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
The current owner’s father, Olcott Smith, a prominent Connecticut business leader, bought the land from one Everett Whiting, a sheep farmer whose own family roots here trace back to the 1600s.

— Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

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Over 5,000 deaths, most of them for innocents not driving trucks, in 2023 alone.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Whatever conclusions investigators might reach, the loss of at least 50 souls, and the wounding of dozens more innocents, is an unbearable blow for any community.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026

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