stalking horse

THESAURUS

stalking horse

alibi, also-ran, ambuscade, ambush, ambushment, apology, aspirant, baby kisser, bidet, blind, booby trap, candidate, carriage horse, cart horse, cavalry horse, cloak, color, cover, cover story, cover-up, dark horse, defeated candidate, device, draft horse, dray horse, driving horse, dud, excuse, facade, favorite son, feint, fill horse, filler, front, gigster, gloss, guise, hack, hackney, handle, hopeful, hunter, jument, lame duck, lame excuse, lead, leader, locus standi, lurking hole, mask, mount, office seeker, ostensible motive, pack horse, palfrey, plow horse, pole horse, political hopeful, polo pony, poor excuse, post-horse, presidential timber, pretense, pretension, pretext, protestation, public motive, put-off, refuge, remount, rider, riding horse, road horse, roadster, rouncy, running mate, saddle horse, saddler, screen, semblance, shadowing, shaft horse, sham, show, smoke screen, stratagem, subterfuge, sumpter, sumpter horse, surveillance, thill horse, thiller, trap, trick, varnish, veil, wheeler, wheelhorse, workhorse

ROGET THESAURUS

stalking horse

Politics

N politics, political science, candidacy, campaign, campaigning, electioneering, partisanship, ideology, factionalism, election, poll, ballot, vote, referendum, recall, initiative, voice, suffrage, plumper, cumulative vote, plebiscitum, plebiscite, vox populi, electioneering, voting, elective franchise, straight ticket, opinion poll, popularity poll, issue, opinion, stand, position, program, platform, party line, democracy, republicanism, communism, statism, state socialism, socialism, conservatism, toryism, liberalism, whigism, theocracy, constitutional monarchy, party, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Socialist Party, Communist Party, Federalist Party, Bull Moose Party, Abolitionist Party, Christian Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, National Socialist Worker's Party, Nazi Party, Liberal Party, Labor Party, Conservative Party, ticket, slate, politician activist, candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front- runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in, supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker, lobbyist, contributor, party hack, ward heeler, regional candidate, favorite son, running mate, stalking horse, perpetual candidate, political animal, political contribution, campaign contribution, political action committee, PAC, political district, electoral division, electoral district, bailiwick, electorate, constituents, get-out-the-vote campaign, political education, negative campaigning, dirty politics, smear campaign, also-ran, loser, has-been, office holder, official, occupant of a position, public servant, incumbent, winner, political, partisan, Money is the mother's milk of politics.

Ambush

N ambush, camouflage, mimicry, hiding place, secret place, secret drawer, recess, hold, holes and corners, closet, crypt, adytum, abditory, oubliette, ambush, ambuscade, stalking horse, lurking hole, lurking place, secret path, back stairs, retreat, screen, cover, shade, blinker, veil, curtain, blind, cloak, cloud, mask, visor, vizor, disguise, masquerade dress, domino, pitfall, trap, camouflaged, hidden, concealed, aux aguets.