cuddy
1 of 2noun (1)
cud·dy ˈkə-dē 
plural cuddies
1
: a usually small cabin or shelter (as on a sailboat)
2
: a small room or cupboard
cuddy
2 of 2noun (2)
cud·dy ˈku̇-dē ˈkə-
ˈkə- variants or cuddie
plural cuddies
1
dialectal British : donkey
2
dialectal British : blockhead
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- closet
- cupboard
- pantry
- press
Noun (2)
- airhead
- birdbrain
- blockhead
- bonehead
- bubblehead
- chowderhead
- chucklehead
- clodpoll
- clodpole
- clot [British]
- cluck
- clunk
- cretin
- 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
- noddy
- 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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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
origin unknown
Noun (2)
perhaps from Cuddy, nickname for Cuthbert
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
circa 1715, in the meaning defined at sense 1
cuddy 1 of 2
noun (1)
as in pantry
a built-in space for storage behind a door kept his stash of liquor in a small cuddy by the dining room Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pantry
- cupboard
- closet
- larder
- spence
- buttery
- press
- cloakroom
- ambry
- wardrobe
- coatroom
- vestiary
- garderobe
cuddy
2 of 2noun (2)
variants or cuddie
as in mutt
a stupid person the pub seemed to be the favorite haunt of every cuddy in the village Synonyms & Similar Words
- mutt
- idiot
- natural
- donkey
- goose
- moron
- lump
- turkey
- loser
- hammerhead
- prat
- lunatic
- hardhead
- mug
- dumbhead
- dip
- skunk
- noodle
- clown
- stupe
- noddy
- stupid
- goon
- stock
- loggerhead
- saphead
- dummy
- dodo
- loon
- fathead
- dope
- yahoo
- imbecile
- bubblehead
- numskull
- knucklehead
- blockhead
- creep
- oaf
- bonehead
- pinhead
- airhead
- fool
- birdbrain
- ninny
- goof
- chucklehead
- gander
- lamebrain
- schnook
- dullard
- chowderhead
- deadhead
- meathead
- golem
- jackass
- lunkhead
- dunderhead
- mome
- ignoramus
- dolt
- nimrod
- cretin
- clunk
- dumb cluck
- dork
- nit
- villain
- nut
- nincompoop
- dunce
- dumbbell
- jerk
- woodenhead
- cluck
- booby
- doofus
- numbskull
- dimwit
- dim bulb
- simpleton
- thickhead
- snake
- ratbag
- yo-yo
- beast
- ninnyhammer
- gawk
- know-nothing
- schlub
- clodpoll
- dum-dum
- nitwit
- cad
- clot
- clodpole
- shlub
- buffoon
- dummkopf
- half-wit
- loony
- cur
- madman
- zany
- heel
- stinker
- scatterbrain
- boor
- churl
- featherbrain
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- brain
- sage
- intellect
- genius
- thinker
- wizard
- intellectual
- whiz
- sharpie
- polymath
- sharpy
- Renaissance man
- pickelhaubes
- picker
- picker sack
- picker stick
- picker-up
- pickerel
- pickerel frog
- pickerels
- pickerelweed
- pickerelweed family
- pickerelweeds
- pickering
- Pickering
- Pickering governor
- Pickering's tree frog
- pickeringiae
- pickeringias
- pickeringite
- pickers
- pickers-up
- pickery
- picket
- picket fence
- picket fences
- picket line