charlie

char·lie

noun, often capitalized \ˈchär-lē\

Definition of CHARLIE

British

: fool

Variants of CHARLIE

char·lie also char·ley \ˈchär-lē\

Examples of CHARLIE

1. <he's a nice enough bloke, but a real charlie when choosing his girlfriends>

Origin of CHARLIE

from the name Charlie

First Known Use: circa 1946

Related to CHARLIE

Synonyms: berk [British], booby, fool (also charley) [British], cuckoo, ding-a-ling, dingbat, ding-dong, dipstick, doofus [slang], featherhead, git [British], goose, half-wit, jackass, lunatic, mooncalf, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, nut, nutcase, simp, simpleton, turkey, yo-yo

Related Words: daredevil; madman, madwoman; airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, cretin, dodo, dolt, donkey, dope, dork [slang], dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, gander, goon, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, know-nothing, knucklehead, moron, numskull (or numbskull), pinhead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schlump [slang], schnook [slang], stock; featherbrain, scatterbrain; butt, dupe, laughingstock, mockery, monkey; chump, loser, schlemiel (also shlemiel); character, codger, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, kook, oddball, screwball, weirdo

Near Antonyms: sage, thinker; brain, genius

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Rhymes with CHARLIE

barley, Charlie, Farley, gnarly, Harley, marly, parlay, parley, snarly, yarely