donkey
noun
1 donkey
The symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874.
Roget 271:
carrier,
porter,
bearer,
tranter†,
conveyer;
cargador†;
express,
expressman;
stevedore,
coolie;
conductor,
locomotive,
motor.
beast,
beast of burden,
cattle,
horse,
nag,
palfrey,
Arab†,
blood horse,
thoroughbred,
galloway†,
charger,
courser,
racer,
hunter,
jument†,
pony,
filly,
colt,
foal,
barb,
roan,
jade,
hack,
bidet,
pad,
cob,
tit,
punch,
roadster,
goer†;
racehorse,
pack horse,
draft horse,
cart horse,
dray horse,
post horse;
ketch;
Shetland pony,
shelty,
sheltie;
garran†,
garron†;
jennet,
genet†,
bayard†,
mare,
stallion,
gelding;
bronco,
broncho†,
cayuse [U.S.];
creature,
critter [U.S.];
cow pony,
mustang,
Narraganset,
waler†;
stud.
Pegasus,
Bucephalus,
Rocinante.
ass,
donkey,
jackass,
mule,
hinny;
sumpter horse,
sumpter mule;
burro,
cuddy†,
ladino [U.S.];
reindeer;
camel,
dromedary,
llama,
elephant;
carrier pigeon.
[object used for carrying]
pallet,
brace,
cart,
dolley;
support
etc.
215;
fork lift.
carriage
etc.
(vehicle)
272;
ship
etc.
273.
... show more
Roget 501:
fool,
idiot,
tomfool,
wiseacre,
simpleton,
witling†,
dizzard†,
donkey,
ass;
ninny,
ninnyhammer†;
chowderhead†,
chucklehead†;
dolt,
booby,
Tom Noddy,
looby†,
hoddy-doddy†,
noddy,
nonny,
noodle,
nizy†,
owl;
goose,
goosecap†;
imbecile;
gaby†;
radoteur†,
nincompoop,
badaud†,
zany;
trifler,
babbler;
pretty fellow;
natural,
niais†.
child,
baby,
infant,
innocent,
milksop,
sop.
oaf,
lout,
loon,
lown†,
dullard,
doodle,
calf,
colt,
buzzard,
block,
put,
stick,
stock,
numps†,
tony.
bull head,
dunderhead,
addlehead†,
blockhead,
dullhead†,
loggerhead,
jolthead†,
jolterhead†,
beetlehead†,
beetlebrain,
grosshead†,
muttonhead,
noodlehead,
giddyhead†;
numbskull,
thickskull†;
lackbrain†,
shallowbrain†;
dimwit,
halfwit,
lackwit†;
dunderpate†;
lunkhead sawney [U.S.],
gowk†;
clod,
clod-hopper;
clod-poll,
clot-poll,
clot-pate;
bull calf;
gawk,
Gothamite,
lummox,
rube [U.S.];
men of Boeotia,
wise men of Gotham.
un sot a triple etage [Fr.],
sot;
jobbernowl†,
changeling,
mooncalf,
gobemouche†.
dotard,
driveler;
old fogey,
old woman,
crock;
crone,
grandmother;
cotquean†,
henhussy†.
incompetent
(insanity)
503.
greenhorn
etc.
(dupe)
547;
dunce
etc.
(ignoramus)
493;
lubber
etc.
(bungler)
701;
madman
etc.
504.
one who will not set the Thames on fire;
one who did not invent gunpowder,
qui n'a pas invente' la poudre [Fr.];
no conjuror.
... show more
2 donkey
Domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn.
synonyms: domestic ass, Equus asinus.
Dutch: ezel, steenezel
Polish: osioĊ domowy
Moby thesaurus: Boeotian, Rocky Mountain canary, ass, bigot, bitter-ender, block, bullethead, burro, clod, cuddy, dickey, diehard, dimwit, dogmatist, dolt, dope, dullard, dumb cluck, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fanatic, gowk, hardnose, intransigeant, intransigent, jack, jackass, jennet, jenny, jenny ass, jobbernowl, lackwit, lamebrain, last-ditcher, lightweight, looby, loon, maverick, mule, neddy, niais, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nitwit, noddy, perverse fool, pighead, positivist, purist, put, rocky, schmuck, standpat, standpatter, stickler, stupid, thickwit, witling ... show more.
debug info: 0.0332