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单词 nincompoop
释义

nincompoop

noun

nin·​com·​poop ˈnin-kəm-ˌpüp How to pronounce nincompoop (audio)
ˈniŋ-
plural nincompoops
informal
: a stupid or silly person : fool, simpleton
… they could easily find some nincompoop to give them yet more money … Kevin Maney
"A bunch of nincompoops … that could not find themselves out of a restroom." Jill Zuckman
nincompoopery
ˈnin-kəm-ˌpü-pə-rē How to pronounce nincompoop (audio)
ˈniŋ-
noun
Each day's news seems to bring ever more horrific stories of greed, incompetence, arrogance, excess, deceit … and inconceivable nincompoopery The Hightower Lowdown

Synonyms

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

The people running that company are a bunch of nincompoops! quit acting like a nincompoop, because I know you are smarter than that
Recent Examples on the Web Joshua Echebiri, as a nincompoop of a Slender; David Ryan Smith, playing the simperingly pretentious Doctor Caius; Angela Grovey, sympathetically devious as Mama Quickly and Kyle Scatliffe, as a gallant Mister Page. Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2021 Occam's Razor cuts through the noise to suggest Americans aren't through electing a reprobate, a criminal and an utter nincompoop. Arkansas Online, 23 June 2021 Equal in irrelevance was HR Paul, the head of the human resources department, who was generally regarded as a nincompoop psychology PhD with a flatulence problem. Eric Johnson, Recode, 2 Oct. 2018 Faith’s decidedly pink-collar job is threatened by a nincompoop former prep-school football-star boss. The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2017

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

circa 1668, in the meaning defined above

nincompoop

noun

1
as in lunatic
a person who lacks good sense or judgment quit acting like a nincompoop, because I know you are smarter than that

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • genius
  • brain
  • sage
  • thinker
2
as in moron
a stupid person who wants a nincompoop as a business partner?

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • moron
  • idiot
  • stupid
  • prat
  • numskull
  • lunatic
  • dummy
  • cretin
  • imbecile
  • dolt
  • ignoramus
  • dimwit
  • bonehead
  • loser
  • nitwit
  • knucklehead
  • stupe
  • fool
  • dunderhead
  • pinhead
  • birdbrain
  • dunce
  • oaf
  • numbskull
  • lunkhead
  • chucklehead
  • goose
  • mutt
  • ninny
  • natural
  • airhead
  • jackass
  • chowderhead
  • dullard
  • blockhead
  • donkey
  • meathead
  • bubblehead
  • lamebrain
  • dumbhead
  • doofus
  • turkey
  • half-wit
  • saphead
  • schnook
  • gander
  • hardhead
  • noodle
  • ratbag
  • goon
  • know-nothing
  • nimrod
  • dumbbell
  • loon
  • deadhead
  • dork
  • clown
  • fathead
  • villain
  • dope
  • yahoo
  • jerk
  • simpleton
  • dummkopf
  • clodpoll
  • golem
  • hammerhead
  • noddy
  • woodenhead
  • cluck
  • stock
  • goof
  • buffoon
  • schlub
  • dip
  • mome
  • dim bulb
  • dum-dum
  • ninnyhammer
  • clodpole
  • cuddy
  • loggerhead
  • nit
  • shlub
  • dodo
  • skunk
  • lump
  • clot
  • clunk
  • cuddie
  • loony
  • madman
  • dumb cluck
  • snake
  • yo-yo
  • thickhead
  • booby
  • scatterbrain
  • zany
  • mug
  • nut
  • creep
  • cad
  • gawk
  • heel
  • boor
  • beast
  • churl
  • cur
  • stinker
  • featherbrain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • brain
  • genius
  • sage
  • intellectual
  • wizard
  • thinker
  • intellect
  • polymath
  • whiz
  • sharpie
  • Renaissance man
  • sharpy
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