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单词 featherhead
释义

featherhead

noun

feath·​er·​head ˈfe-t͟hər-ˌhed How to pronounce featherhead (audio)
: a foolish person : featherbrain
featherheaded
ˌfe-t͟hər-ˈhe-dəd How to pronounce featherhead (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

  • berk [British]
  • booby
  • charlie [British]
  • charley
  • cuckoo
  • ding-a-ling
  • ding-dong
  • dingbat
  • dipstick
  • doofus [slang]
  • fool
  • git [British]
  • goose
  • half-wit
  • jackass
  • lunatic
  • mooncalf
  • nincompoop
  • ninny
  • ninnyhammer
  • nit [chiefly British]
  • nitwit
  • nut
  • nutcase
  • simp
  • simpleton
  • turkey
  • yo-yo
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Example Sentences

too important a diplomatic post to assign to some congenial featherhead

Word History

First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined above

featherhead

noun

1
as in lunatic
a person who lacks good sense or judgment discovered that the sales clerk was not a featherhead, but had made an honest mistake

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • lunatic
  • fool
  • goose
  • mooncalf
  • simpleton
  • idiot
  • moron
  • ninny
  • dingbat
  • berk
  • turkey
  • nut
  • cuckoo
  • booby
  • charlie
  • jackass
  • charley
  • simp
  • monkey
  • doofus
  • nincompoop
  • nitwit
  • git
  • blockhead
  • ding-a-ling
  • half-wit
  • ninnyhammer
  • loser
  • dipstick
  • ding-dong
  • nutcase
  • daredevil
  • ignoramus
  • donkey
  • dummy
  • nit
  • numskull
  • airhead
  • imbecile
  • dunce
  • schlump
  • pinhead
  • featherbrain
  • schnook
  • dolt
  • yo-yo
  • scatterbrain
  • madwoman
  • birdbrain
  • dodo
  • knucklehead
  • madman
  • laughingstock
  • goon
  • fathead
  • schlemiel
  • dork
  • chump
  • numbskull
  • butt
  • dope
  • codger
  • gander
  • character
  • screwball
  • know-nothing
  • kook
  • stock
  • dupe
  • dumbbell
  • weirdo
  • mockery
  • crank
  • oddball
  • crackpot
  • schlub
  • shlub
  • crackbrain
  • shlemiel

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sage
  • genius
  • brain
  • thinker
2
as in flibbertigibbet
a silly flighty person too important a diplomatic post to assign to some congenial featherhead

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • flibbertigibbet
  • ditz
  • featherbrain
  • silly
  • scatterbrain
  • goose
  • cuckoo
  • birdbrain
  • fool
  • simpleton
  • rattlebrain
  • nitwit
  • softhead

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sobersides
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