oaf
noun
1 oaf
An awkward stupid person.
synonyms: clod, gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, stumblebum.
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.
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Dutch: lomp iemand, lomperd, ruziestoker, schurk, pummel
Moby thesaurus: babe, baboon, beast, blockhead, blunderbuss, blunderer, blunderhead, boob, booby, boor, botcher, bruiser, brute, bull, bumbler, bumpkin, bungler, child, child of nature, chump, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot, clown, dolt, dolthead, dove, dub, dupe, fathead, fumbler, galoot, gaum, gawk, gawky, gorilla, gowk, hayseed, hick, hulk, infant, ingenue, innocent, klutz, lamb, lobster, looby, lout, lubber, lug, lummox, lump, meathead, mere child, missing link, noble savage, ox, palooka, rube, simple soul, slob, slouch, slubberer, unsophisticate, yokel ... show more.
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