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as in goose
a silly flighty person
those birdbrains who eagerly adopt every fad diet that comes along
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as in moron
a stupid person
some birdbrain left the water running
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Recent Examples of birdbrain
Should former President Trump stop calling Ambassador Haley birdbrain?
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CBS News, 18 Feb. 2024
Some cowardly birdbrain dropping Ku Klux Klan fliers in a quiet, suburban neighborhood may not be earth-shattering news.
—Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2018
Calling someone a birdbrain meant there wasn’t much going on upstairs.
—National Geographic, 15 May 2016
By solving one kind of puzzle that stumped crows, though, the kids may have shown how a human mind treats problems differently than a birdbrain.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2012
CBS News, 18 Feb. 2024
Some cowardly birdbrain dropping Ku Klux Klan fliers in a quiet, suburban neighborhood may not be earth-shattering news.
—Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2018
Calling someone a birdbrain meant there wasn’t much going on upstairs.
—National Geographic, 15 May 2016
By solving one kind of puzzle that stumped crows, though, the kids may have shown how a human mind treats problems differently than a birdbrain.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdbrain
Noun
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This typically gets worse over time and is often accompanied by a harsh goose-honking cough triggered by excitement or exercise.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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Each spring since then, the National Park Service scrubs out a year’s worth of goose poop and other debris to keep the pool clean and the algae away.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One page has handbag ideas, and, true to form, there is a cuckoo-clock purse, a pyramid purse, a purse shaped as a well.—
Adam Moss,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Thunder’s main stopper is cuckoo for closeouts.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There’s a tramp, a ditz, a bad boss, a hippie, a by-the-book good girl.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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Rather than stay pigeonholed as a ditz, Simpson (who just released new music for the first time in 15 years) went on to launch her own fashion brand, which hit $1 billion in sales in 2015 and is still going strong today.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Predicting the future is a fool’s game.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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But don't let his calm demeanor fool you.—
Joelle Goldstein,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
Noun
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But no, sillies: Bradley is white, famous and pretty — no jail time for her!—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
17 Sep. 2025
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It was shot in portrait because it was shot in Instagram by and for a woman who was losing her mind in quarantine and had fully let the sillies take the wheel.—
Ego Nwodim,
TIME,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Occasionally, some nitwit will play chicken with the offending lane changer, get in front of him or her, and stop the car in the middle of the road to continue with verbal and nonverbal critique of the offender’s driving skills.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
18 May 2026
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In each show, the two nitwits would set out on some caper, which would inevitably go horribly wrong, leaving them broke, or tied up, or in jail, or hanging over a cliff, or some other situation of great peril.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Birdbrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdbrain. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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