sheep dog

Questions about sheep dog

What does sheep dog mean?

sheep dog means "any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep".

What is another word for sheep dog?

Close synonyms include shepherd dog, sheepdog. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sheep dog a common word?

sheep dog is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.