CAT'S-PAW Synonyms

• a device that requires skill for proper use

• the means whereby some act is accomplished

• a person used by another to gain an end

• (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

• the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process

• any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

• equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling

• write an instrumental score for

• address a legal document to

• a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

• a person authorized to act for another

• a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

• a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer

• a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

• a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers

• one who operates puppets or marionettes

• a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

• in a subordinate position

• an implement used in the practice of a vocation

• the means whereby some act is accomplished

• a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

• obscene terms for penis

• drive

• ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it

• furnish with tools

• work with a tool

• an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

• sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia

• a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand

• routine authorization of an action without questions