- puppet, marionette - a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
--1 is a kind of figure
- creature, tool, puppet - a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
--2 is a kind of slave
- puppet - 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
--3 is a kind of doll, dolly
--3 has particulars: hand puppet, glove puppet, glove doll