clod

clod

noun \ˈkläd\

Definition of CLOD

1

a : a lump or mass especially of earth or clay

b : soil, earth

2

: oaf, dolt

— clod·dish \ˈklä-dish\ adjective

— clod·dish·ness noun

— clod·dy \ˈklä-dē\ adjective

Examples of CLOD

1. Her husband's such a clod.
2. <despite his imposing size, he's no simple clod>

Origin of CLOD

Middle English clodde, from Old English clod- (in clodhamer fieldfare)

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to CLOD

Synonyms

oaf, clodhopper, gawk, hulk, lout, lubber, lug, lump, Neanderthal, palooka

Related Words

chump, loser, schlemiel (also shlemiel), turkey; slouch; airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, blunderer, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dumbbell, dumbhead, dum-dum, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, galoot [slang], 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 (or numbskull), pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simp, simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo; anthropoid, ape, beast, boor, brute, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, louse, skunk, snake, stinker, tyke (also tike) [chiefly British], villain; booby, fool, goose, loony (also looney), lunatic, madman, nut; featherbrain, scatterbrain; rascal, rogue, scamp

Near Antonyms

brain, brainiac, egghead, genius, intellectual, sage, thinker, whiz, wizard

Rhymes with CLOD

bod, fade, Fahd, gaud, god, hod, mod, nod, od, odd, plod, pod, prod, quad, quod, rod, scrod, shod, sod, squad, tod, wad