'stalking horse' definitions:
Synonyms of 'stalking horse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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