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Synonyms of booby

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Another word for booby is dunce. Other synonyms of booby are jughead, dullard, stupid and tool.

Synonyms and similar words for booby

nounA stupid person.

Meaning of booby

  1. noun A stupid person.
  2. noun Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
  3. noun In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.

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Questions about synonyms of booby

What is another word for booby?
Booby has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as dunce, jughead, dullard, stupid and tool.
What does booby mean?
Booby means a stupid person.

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