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单词 nincompoops
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

nincompoops

noun

plural of nincompoop
1
as in lunatics
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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  • lunatics
  • fools
  • nuts
  • geese
  • morons
  • idiots
  • ninnies
  • turkeys
  • dipsticks
  • gits
  • nitwits
  • monkeys
  • dingbats
  • jackasses
  • simps
  • doofuses
  • losers
  • nutcases
  • boobies
  • simpletons
  • cuckoos
  • mooncalves
  • ding-dongs
  • berks
  • half-wits
  • daredevils
  • dummies
  • charlies
  • ding-a-lings
  • nits
  • dufuses
  • donkeys
  • numskulls
  • featherheads
  • ninnyhammers
  • charleys
  • imbeciles
  • madmen
  • dolts
  • dopes
  • knuckleheads
  • pinheads
  • ignoramuses
  • madwomen
  • yo-yos
  • blockheads
  • dunces
  • airheads
  • scatterbrains
  • birdbrains
  • characters
  • ganders
  • goons
  • numbskulls
  • fatheads
  • laughingstocks
  • dupes
  • dumbbells
  • chumps
  • know-nothings
  • schlubs
  • ignorami
  • dorks
  • crackpots
  • stocks
  • butts
  • schnooks
  • weirdos
  • shlubs
  • screwballs
  • kooks
  • codgers
  • schlemiels
  • oddballs
  • cranks
  • dodos
  • mockeries
  • schlumps
  • featherbrains
  • shlemiels
  • dodoes
  • crackbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • thinkers
  • sages
  • brains
  • geniuses
  • genii
2
as in morons
a stupid person who wants a nincompoop as a business partner?

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • morons
  • idiots
  • stupids
  • dummies
  • lunatics
  • prats
  • numskulls
  • losers
  • imbeciles
  • geese
  • cretins
  • fools
  • dolts
  • dopes
  • ninnies
  • knuckleheads
  • donkeys
  • dimwits
  • mutts
  • pinheads
  • ignoramuses
  • boneheads
  • bubbleheads
  • blockheads
  • dunces
  • yahoos
  • lunkheads
  • dullards
  • chuckleheads
  • dunderheads
  • deadheads
  • stupes
  • nitwits
  • airheads
  • naturals
  • jackasses
  • birdbrains
  • meatheads
  • oafs
  • turkeys
  • goons
  • ganders
  • hardheads
  • nimrods
  • numbskulls
  • loons
  • fatheads
  • clowns
  • chowderheads
  • simpletons
  • jerks
  • goofs
  • dumbbells
  • sapheads
  • know-nothings
  • schlubs
  • ignorami
  • doofuses
  • dorks
  • stocks
  • half-wits
  • loggerheads
  • hammerheads
  • noodles
  • ratbags
  • noddies
  • dips
  • cuddies
  • clucks
  • golems
  • nuts
  • buffoons
  • schnooks
  • dum-dums
  • dumbheads
  • shlubs
  • villains
  • dim bulbs
  • momes
  • clodpolls
  • woodenheads
  • lumps
  • lamebrains
  • clodpoles
  • nits
  • dufuses
  • clunks
  • madmen
  • dumb clucks
  • thickheads
  • ninnyhammers
  • skunks
  • dodos
  • dummkopfs
  • clots
  • skunk
  • loonies
  • snakes
  • zanies
  • yo-yos
  • boobies
  • dodoes
  • mugs
  • scatterbrains
  • gawks
  • beasts
  • creeps
  • heels
  • cads
  • churls
  • boors
  • stinkers
  • curs
  • featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • brains
  • genii
  • intellectuals
  • geniuses
  • thinkers
  • intellects
  • sages
  • wizards
  • polymaths
  • whizzes
  • sharpies
  • Renaissance men
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