Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scarecrow

1 sense of scarecrow

Sense 1
scarecrow, straw man, strawman, bird-scarer, scarer -- (an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds)
       => effigy, image, simulacrum -- (a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone")