sheeplike

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

sheep /ʃip/   n. [countable] , pl. sheep. 

1. Mammals a mammal that eats grass, grows a woolly fleece on its back and sides, and is closely related to goats:
   Sheep are grown for their wool and meat.
2. a meek, unimaginative person, or one who is easily led.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

sheep  (shēp), n., pl. sheep. 

1. Mammals any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, esp. O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
2. Clothing leather made from the skin of these animals.
3. a meek, unimaginative, or easily led person.
4. separate the sheep from the goats, to separate good people from bad or those intended for a specific end from unqualified people.

• bef. 900; Middle English; Old English (north) scēp; cognate with Dutch schaap, German Schaf 

sheep′less, adj. 
sheep′like′, adj.