noddy
noun
nod·dy ˈnä-dē 
plural noddies
1
: a stupid person
2
: any of several stout-bodied terns (especially genus Anous) of warm seas
Synonyms
- airhead
- birdbrain
- blockhead
- bonehead
- bubblehead
- chowderhead
- chucklehead
- clodpoll
- clodpole
- clot [British]
- cluck
- clunk
- cretin
- cuddy [British dialect]
- cuddie
- deadhead
- dim bulb [slang]
- dimwit
- dip
- dodo
- dolt
- donkey
- doofus [slang]
- dope
- dork [slang]
- dullard
- dum-dum
- dumbbell
- dumbhead
- dummkopf
- dummy
- dunce
- dunderhead
- fathead
- gander
- golem
- goof
- goon
- half-wit
- hammerhead
- hardhead
- idiot
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- jackass
- know-nothing
- knucklehead
- lamebrain
- loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
- loon
- lump
- lunkhead
- meathead
- mome [archaic]
- moron
- mug [chiefly British]
- mutt
- natural
- nimrod [slang]
- nincompoop
- ninny
- ninnyhammer
- nit [chiefly British]
- nitwit
- noodle
- numskull
- numbskull
- oaf
- pinhead
- prat [British]
- ratbag [chiefly Australian]
- saphead
- schlub [slang]
- shlub
- schnook [slang]
- simpleton
- stock
- stupe
- stupid
- thickhead
- turkey
- woodenhead
- yahoo
- yo-yo
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Example Sentences
which one of you noddies put an empty milk carton back in the fridge?
Recent Examples on the Web The bird reserve is home to four species of pelagic seabirds—the greater crested tern, lesser crested tern, sooty tern, and the brown noddy. 
K A Shaji, Quartz India, 5 May 2020 During the summer months, see the migration of some 200,000 birds, such as egrets, white-bellied sea eagles, buff banded rails, and white capped noddy’s. Anne Farrar, National Geographic, 19 June 2019 During the summer months, see the migration of some 200,000 birds, such as egrets, white-bellied sea eagles, buff banded rails, and white capped noddy’s. Anne Farrar, National Geographic, 19 June 2019 The atoll is a nature sanctuary that lures bird watchers (for parrots and seabirds like the great frigate and noddy) as well as snorkelers and divers that come to see colorful parrotfish, blacktip sharks, bonefish, and nesting turtles. Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
K A Shaji, Quartz India, 5 May 2020 During the summer months, see the migration of some 200,000 birds, such as egrets, white-bellied sea eagles, buff banded rails, and white capped noddy’s. Anne Farrar, National Geographic, 19 June 2019 During the summer months, see the migration of some 200,000 birds, such as egrets, white-bellied sea eagles, buff banded rails, and white capped noddy’s. Anne Farrar, National Geographic, 19 June 2019 The atoll is a nature sanctuary that lures bird watchers (for parrots and seabirds like the great frigate and noddy) as well as snorkelers and divers that come to see colorful parrotfish, blacktip sharks, bonefish, and nesting turtles. Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017 Word History
Etymology
probably short for obsolete noddypoll, alteration of hoddypoll fumbling inept person
First Known Use
1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1
noddy
noun
as in idiot
a stupid person which one of you noddies put an empty milk carton back in the fridge? Synonyms & Similar Words
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- idiot
- moron
- stupid
- prat
- dummy
- mutt
- lunatic
- goose
- fool
- dunderhead
- pinhead
- loser
- goon
- cluck
- dunce
- chucklehead
- blockhead
- ratbag
- loon
- dolt
- hammerhead
- numskull
- dullard
- imbecile
- natural
- donkey
- dumbhead
- bubblehead
- ninny
- ignoramus
- bonehead
- cretin
- loggerhead
- dodo
- hardhead
- stupe
- airhead
- chowderhead
- knucklehead
- lamebrain
- dimwit
- fathead
- simpleton
- yahoo
- goof
- booby
- oaf
- turkey
- noodle
- cuddy
- meathead
- jerk
- lump
- gander
- numbskull
- mome
- birdbrain
- dip
- dumbbell
- doofus
- lunkhead
- saphead
- jackass
- dumb cluck
- clunk
- dork
- deadhead
- nincompoop
- schnook
- nit
- clown
- dope
- nimrod
- stock
- dummkopf
- nitwit
- cuddie
- thickhead
- half-wit
- golem
- dim bulb
- clodpole
- ninnyhammer
- woodenhead
- loony
- clodpoll
- know-nothing
- villain
- buffoon
- mug
- schlub
- dum-dum
- skunk
- snake
- shlub
- yo-yo
- madman
- clot
- zany
- nut
- gawk
- creep
- scatterbrain
- cad
- stinker
- cur
- beast
- boor
- featherbrain
- heel
- churl
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- brain
- genius
- sage
- wizard
- whiz
- intellectual
- intellect
- thinker
- polymath
- sharpie
- sharpy
- Renaissance man