Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is clumsy, stupid |
| Synonyms: | beast, blunderer, bruiser, brute, chump, clod, clown, dolt, dumb ox, dunce, fool, goon, idiot, imbecile, klutz, loser, lout*, moron, nincompoop, ox, sap*, simpleton |
| Antonyms: | handyman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | churl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rude and ill-bred, a boor; person overly concerned with saving money |
| Synonyms: | beast, chuff, clodhopper, miser, mucker, niggard, oaf, peasant, provincial, rustic, tightwad, yokel |
| Main Entry: | clod |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid person |
| Synonyms: | blockhead, boor, chump, clown, dimwit, dolt, dope*, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fool, imbecile, lame-brain, lout, oaf, simpleton |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid, ignorant person |
| Synonyms: | blockhead, boor, bucolic, buffoon, bumpkin, chuff, churl, clodhopper, gawk, hayseed, hick, hind, jake, lout, mucker, oaf, peasant, rube, rustic, swain, yahoo, yokel |
| Main Entry: | dummy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid person |
| Synonyms: | blockhead, dimwit, dolt*, dullard, dunce, fool, idiot, ignoramus, moron, numskull, oaf, simpleton |
| Antonyms: | brain, genius |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dunce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid person |
| Synonyms: | ass, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, buffoon, dimwit, dolt, donkey, dope, dork, drip*, dullard, dunderhead, fool, goof, goof ball, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, knucklehead, lame-brain, lightweight, moron, nerd*, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, numskull, oaf, pinhead, scatterbrain, schnook, simpleton, twit |
| Antonyms: | brain, genius |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid or ridiculous person |
| Synonyms: | ass, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, boob*, bore, buffoon, clod, clown, cretin*, dimwit, dolt*, dope*, dumb ox, dunce, dunderhead, easy mark, fair game, fathead, goose, halfwit, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jerk*, lamebrain, lightweight, loon, moron, nerd*, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, numskull, oaf, sap*, schlemiel, silly, simpleton, stooge, sucker, turkey, twerp, twit, victim |
| Antonyms: | brain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jerk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid, bumbling person |
| Synonyms: | brute, fool, idiot, nincompoop, ninny, oaf, rascal |
| Main Entry: | klutz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clumsy person |
| Synonyms: | bungler, butterfingers, dolt, dullard, lummox, oaf |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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