gander
1 of 2noun (1)
gan·der ˈgan-dər 
1
: an adult male goose
2
: simpleton
gander
2 of 2noun (2)
plural ganders
informal
: look, glance
take a gander
Those intrigued by such oddities … will surely find Stuart Kelly's "Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read" worth a gander.
Joe Queenan
Joe Queenan… trying to step back for a good gander at the art in the Guggenheim. Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor… had no choice but to push to the front of the horde and through some glass doors to get a gander at what was going on. Rick Barrs
Rick Barrs
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- cast
- eye
- glance
- glimpse
- look
- peek
- peep
- regard
- sight
- view
Noun (2)
- 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
- 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)
Middle English gandre, gander, going back to Old English gandra, ganra, going back to Germanic *gan-ra- (whence Middle Low German ganre "male goose," Upper German dialect Gander, Ganter), derivative from the base of Germanic *gan-s- "goose" — more at goose entry 1
Noun (2)
probably derivative of gander entry 1, from the goose-like appearance of a person stretching to look at something
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
circa 1914, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing gander
Kids Definition
gander 1 of 2
noun
gan·der ˈgan-dər
: a male goose
gander
2 of 2noun
: a look or glance Take a gander at that new bicycle.
gander 1 of 2
noun (1)
as in peek
an instance of looking especially briefly suggested that they take a gander at the display of classic cars Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- peek
- glance
- look
- glimpse
- peep
- view
- stare
- gaze
- ogle
- sight
- eye
- regard
- glare
- cast
- leer
- gape
- squint
- side-glance
- squinny
- coup d'oeil
gander
2 of 2noun (2)
as in idiot
a stupid person the village's chief of police was an ineffectual albeit pleasant gander Synonyms & Similar Words
- idiot
- goose
- moron
- stupid
- dummy
- lunatic
- natural
- prat
- turkey
- mutt
- donkey
- fool
- loser
- cluck
- dip
- yahoo
- numskull
- dolt
- chucklehead
- loon
- knucklehead
- stupe
- noodle
- hardhead
- pinhead
- dunce
- birdbrain
- dimwit
- dope
- mome
- schnook
- imbecile
- goon
- nincompoop
- stock
- saphead
- ninny
- fathead
- noddy
- dullard
- dunderhead
- blockhead
- dodo
- ignoramus
- hammerhead
- cretin
- golem
- lunkhead
- oaf
- bonehead
- goof
- dumbhead
- clunk
- jerk
- lump
- cuddy
- jackass
- deadhead
- schlub
- lamebrain
- simpleton
- dummkopf
- airhead
- chowderhead
- nimrod
- nitwit
- doofus
- dumbbell
- nit
- clown
- meathead
- numbskull
- shlub
- dim bulb
- clodpoll
- loggerhead
- villain
- dork
- ninnyhammer
- dumb cluck
- clodpole
- cuddie
- ratbag
- woodenhead
- bubblehead
- thickhead
- clot
- know-nothing
- skunk
- half-wit
- dum-dum
- madman
- snake
- buffoon
- yo-yo
- loony
- booby
- gawk
- mug
- creep
- zany
- nut
- beast
- heel
- cad
- stinker
- scatterbrain
- boor
- cur
- churl
- featherbrain
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- genius
- brain
- whiz
- sage
- intellect
- intellectual
- thinker
- wizard
- polymath
- Renaissance man
- sharpy
- sharpie