Synonyms of turkey
120 similar words
Another word for turkey is flop. Other synonyms of turkey are addle-brain, addlehead, airhead, baboon and beanbrain.
Synonyms and similar words for turkey
nounA failure.
- flopA complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
nounA foolish or inept person.
- addle-brainA foolish or dull-witted person.
- addleheadA foolish or dull-witted person.
- airheadA foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.
- baboon
- beanbrainA stupid person; an idiot.
- beetlebrainA stupid person.
- beetlehead
- berk UKA fool, a prat, a twit, etc.
- bimbo slang
- birdbrainSomeone who is not intelligent.
- blockhead informal
- blubberbrainA stupid person.
- bonehead slangSomeone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.
- Boeotian
- boob informal
- bozo
- brainlet
- brickheadA stubbornly stupid person.
- bubblehead
- bubble brainAn incredibly unintelligent person.
- buffoon
- Charlie
- chowderhead US, informalAn idiot; a dummy.
- chucklehead informal
- chump informal
- clod
- clot slang
- clown
- crackheadSomeone whose thinking makes no sense; a fool or an idiot; broadly, any contemptible person.
- cretin
- cuckoo
- deadhead
- dimboA dimwit or idiot.
- dim bulbA person who is slow-witted or stupid.
- dimbusA foolish or stupid person.
- dimwitA person who is deficient in intelligence.
- dingbat informal
- ding dong informal
- dingleberry slang
- dingwad informalA stupid person.
- dip
- dipstick
- doltA stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
- donut
- doof
- doofoidAn idiot; a simpleton; a fool.
- doofusA person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.
- dope slang
- dork US, slang
- drongo Australia, slang
- drool bucketA person with low intelligence or no common sense; an idiot.
- dullardA stupid person; a fool.
- dumb bunnyA stupid person.
- dumbbell
- dumb cluckA stupid person.
- dumbheadA stupid person.
- dumble
- dumblingOne who is unintelligent, dumb, or stupid; a dummy; idiot.
- dumbnutA stupid person.
- dumboA stupid person.
- dummkopfA stupid person; a dolt, dimwit, or blockhead.
- dummy
- dunceAn unintelligent person.
- dunderheadA stupid person; a dunce.
- dunderpateDunderhead.
- eejitAn idiot; a fool; an imbecile.
- fathead
- featherbrain
- fenderheadA dolt.
- fleabrainA stupid or foolish person.
- fool
- galootA clumsy or uncouth person.
- gimboid slangAn incompetent person.
- gomer
- gonkA stupid, ignorant, or boorish person.
- gooberA foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person.
- goof
- goofball
- goofy
- goon
- goose slang
- goosecapA fool; a dolt.
- halfwit informalSomeone lacking in intelligence.
- hammerhead
- idiot
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- inbred
- jackaninnyA foolish or incompetent person.
- jellybrainA muddled thinker; a stupid person.
- jerkA stupid person; an idiot or fool.
- jugginsA fool; someone very credulous or easily fooled.
- jugheadA fool.
- knotheadA stupid or stubborn person.
- knuckleheadAn idiot; a stupid or inept person.
- lackwitA witless person; a fool.
- lamebrainA fool.
- log figuratively
- lummoxA clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
- lunkA fool; an idiot; a lunkhead.
- lunkheadA fool or idiot.
- maroon slangAn idiot; a fool.
- meatball slang
- meathead slang
- mental midget informalA stupid person.
- momo slang
- mongoloid
- mongtardAn extremely stupid person.
- monkey
- moron slangA stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- mouth breather slang
- muggins slang
- mushheadA stupid person.
- muttonheadA stupid or foolish person.
- mutt USAn idiot, a stupid person.
- nimrod US, informalA foolish person; an idiot.
- nincomA fool; a nincompoop.
- nincompoopA foolish or silly person.
- ninnyA silly or foolish person.
Meaning of turkey
- noun The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
- noun A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
- noun A domesticated bird of Meleagris gallopavo domesticus.
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Questions about synonyms of turkey
- What is another word for turkey?
- Turkey has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as flop, addle-brain, addlehead, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain and beetlehead.
- What does turkey mean?
- Turkey means the guinea fowl (family Numididae).
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