stooges
Yes-men for hire
Stooges is the plural of stooge—a person who serves as a pawn or lackey for someone more powerful.
The word often implies complicity in dishonest schemes: The dictator surrounded himself with stooges.
In entertainment, a stooge is a comedian's straight man or fall guy, most famously the Three Stooges.
To stooge for someone is to act as their subordinate dupe.
Obedient subordinates of power
- lackeysServile attendants
- flunkiesSubservient assistants or followers
- goonsHired intimidators
- pawnsLowest-ranked chess pieces
cronies · underlings · accomplices · puppets · dupes · fall-guys · patsies · yes-men
Male nickname
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- pratfallComedic fall on buttocks
- bonkPlayful head strike
whomp · shorts · Columbia · antics · buffoonery · wiseguys · knucklehead · numbskull
minions
Obedient subordinates of power
pawns · cronies · underlings · accomplices · puppets · dupes · fall-guys · patsies · yes-men · bootlickers
Larry
Male nickname
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- pratfallComedic fall on buttocks
bonk · whomp · shorts · Columbia · antics · buffoonery · wiseguys · knucklehead · numbskull · imbecile
bungling
Mishandling through incompetence
fumbling · botched · blundering · maladroit · hapless · foolish · dim-witted · oafish · buffoons · klutzes
threesome
Group of three together
- triadGroup of three
- trinityUnified set of three
- triumvirateThree-person ruling body
troika · ensemble · group · act · partners · foil · setup · timing · chemistry · banter
stoogesfree agents
Athletes available for signing
freethinkers · mavericks · nonconformists · free spirits · self-starters
stoogesmasterminds
Plans and directs schemes
puppet masters · ringleaders · bosses · principals · orchestrators
stoogeswhistleblowers
Those exposing organizational misconduct
dissidents · truth-tellers · resisters · conscientious objectors · gadflies
- The Three StoogesClassic physical comedy trio
- Three StoogesVaudeville slapstick comedy trio
- The StoogesPioneering Detroit punk band