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goofball

[goof-bawl] / ˈgufˌbɔl /
NOUN
bungler
Synonyms
STRONG
blockhead blunderer bonehead botcher bumbler butcher butterfingers clod dolt donkey duffer dunce fool foul-up fumbler idiot ignoramus incompetent klutz numskull spoiler
WEAK
addlebrain clumsy oaf featherbrain goof-up harebrain mismanager muddler muffer screwup
Antonyms
STRONG
brain genius
WEAK
success
NOUN
nerd
Synonyms
STRONGEST
geek
STRONG
dork enthusiast techie
WEAK
trekkie

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The French have given us Delacroix, Debussy, Claire Denis and Simone de Beauvoir, along with some of the goofiest of goofball comedies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

From what we see of Scotty in flashbacks, he was a buoyant blond goofball — exactly the kind of guy that the apparently friendless and family-less Kenna would have clung to like a life preserver.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

By the time the teen got home, she was embracing the spud as a kind of goofball Halloween badge of honor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

If you were hanging out and you didn’t know how to skate — goofball.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

I was just hanging with my sneaker-loving, off-key-singing goofball dad.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas