scarer

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

scar=er

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun scarer has 1 sense

scarer(n = noun.artifact) bird-scarer, scarecrow, straw man, strawman - an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds;

is a kind of effigy, image, simulacrum

Derived form verb scare₁

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THESAURUS

scarer

Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf-man, bogey, bogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear, fee-faw-fum, frightener, ghost, ghoul, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, monster, nightmare, ogre, ogress, phantom, revenant, scarebabe, scarecrow, specter, succubus, terror, vampire, werewolf