Synonyms of gooseberry
120 similar words
Another word for gooseberry is goosegog. Other synonyms of gooseberry are third wheel, fifth wheel, asshat, arsehole and asshole.
Synonyms and similar words for gooseberry
nounA fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
- goosegogGooseberry.
nounAn additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
- third wheelUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, wheel.
- fifth wheel
nounA fool.
- asshat US, vulgarAn obnoxiously ignorant person; a fool.
- arsehole British, vulgar
- asshole US, vulgar
- berk BritishA fool, a prat, a twit, etc.
- birdbrainSomeone who is not intelligent.
- boneheadSomeone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.
- bozo
- buffoon
- brickheadA stubbornly stupid person.
- Charlie British
- chucklehead
- chowderheadAn idiot; a dummy.
- chump
- clart
- clown
- der-brainA fool.
- dim bulbA person who is slow-witted or stupid.
- dimwitA person who is deficient in intelligence.
- dingleberry
- dingus
- dipshit vulgarA stupid, obnoxious, or undesirable person.
- dipstick
- dirtbrainA person of low intelligence.
- div
- divvo
- divvyA foolish person.
- doltA stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
- donk
- doofusA person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.
- dopeA stupid person.
- dork
- dotterel
- dullardA stupid person; a fool.
- dumbass US, vulgarA stupid or foolish person.
- dumbbell
- dumboA stupid person.
- dumb fuck US, vulgar
- dummy
- dunceAn unintelligent person.
- dunderheadA stupid person; a dunce.
- dupe
- fathead
- fenderheadA dolt.
- fuckwit vulgar
- fuzznut slangA foolish person; a despised person.
- ginkA guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man; a goof.
- gooberA foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person.
- gowk
- gubbins
- half-baked UK, dialectalA foolish or stupid person; a fool, an idiot.
- Homer SimpsonA person who is foolish, easily distracted, and/or gluttonous.
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- jamokeA stupid person, fool.
- jerk USA stupid person; an idiot or fool.
- jerkoff US, vulgar
- jolterhead
- joltheadA dunce; a blockhead.
- jugginsA fool; someone very credulous or easily fooled.
- jugheadA fool.
- knuckleheadAn idiot; a stupid or inept person.
- lamebrainA fool.
- mameluke (US (Italian-American)
- slang)
- maroonAn idiot; a fool.
- meathead
- mong British, vulgar
- moronA stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- mug British
- muggins British
- mushheadA stupid person.
- nimrod
- nit
- nitwitA scatterbrained or stupid person.
- not the sharpest knife in the drawerLacking in intelligence; dimwitted.
- numskull
- numptyAn idiot, dolt or fool.
- oaf
- pillock BritishA stupid or annoying person; a simpleton; a fool.
- pinhead
- plonker British
- prat British
- retardA person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn.
- shit for brains vulgarAn unintelligent, foolish person; an idiot.
- shithead vulgar
- shitwit vulgarA very stupid person.
- schmoA stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.
- schmuck US
- smooth brainA stupid person.
- snapperheadA dumbbell; a knucklehead.
- softheadA fool; a silly or feeble-minded person.
- sohai vulgarDumbass; idiot.
- stupid
- sucker
- thickheadA stupid person.
- tonto British
- tool
- tosser British, vulgar
- tosspot
- tubelight India, derogatoryA person who is slow to reply or understand; a dim-witted person.
- twat British, vulgar
- twerp
- twitAn annoying or foolish person.
- wally British
- wantwitA person wanting or lacking wit or sense; a fool.
- wazzock BritishA stupid or annoying person.
- yampy British
- alcatote obsoleteA foolish oaf.
- bayard archaic
- blither datedA foolish person; a fool, an idiot.
- bobchin obsoleteA fool.
- dill pickle US, dated
- doodle dated
- dote obsolete
- fiddle obsolete
- geck archaicFool; idiot; imbecile.
- gig archaic, dialectal
Meaning of gooseberry
- noun A fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
- noun Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum (American gooseberry).
- noun Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa and hybrids between this and others in the genus Actinidia.
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Questions about synonyms of gooseberry
- What is another word for gooseberry?
- Gooseberry has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as goosegog, third wheel, fifth wheel, asshat, arsehole, asshole, berk and birdbrain.
- What does gooseberry mean?
- Gooseberry means a fruit of species Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
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