birdbrain

noun

ˈbərd-ˌbrān How to pronounce birdbrain (audio)
Definition of birdbrainnext
1
as in goose
a silly flighty person those birdbrains who eagerly adopt every fad diet that comes along

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2
as in moron
a stupid person some birdbrain left the water running

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Recent Examples of birdbrain 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
  1. goose
  2. moron
  3. cuckoo
  4. stupid
  5. ditz
  6. fool
  7. silly
  8. nitwit
Noun
  • They were provided by a speedy and adventurous black squirrel, who spent the better part of an inning on and around the playing field and at one point led an army of ground crew members on a wild goose — uh, squirrel — chase in right field.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
  • The shows featured a continuous storyline surrounding her string of black pearls being lost and found, sending her on a goose chase that began with The Nanny and continued into Can’t Hurry Love, Murphy Brown and High Society.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Definition of goose
Noun
  • God help us all if some idiot, some moron, ever put you in charge.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 July 2026
  • Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 June 2026
Definition of moron
Noun
  • One experiment, conducted in England, looked at how people understand the diminishment of ordinary bird species like the common cuckoo and the house sparrow.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • My favorite depictions of this city know its real history is too cuckoo to capture sincerely; straight reenactments make the production of 35mm masterpieces look as piddly as Shrinky Dinks.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of cuckoo
Noun
  • My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Problem is, even people who know baseball don’t know baseball, which makes betting on baseball stupid.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of stupid
Noun
  • There’s a tramp, a ditz, a bad boss, a hippie, a by-the-book good girl.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Definition of ditz
Noun
  • There was simply no reason to try to match that; and Bogaerts would have been a fool not to accept it.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • And coming back with a movie that has anywhere near the impact of No Way Home’s untoppable uniting of Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Holland would seem a fool’s errand.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 July 2026
Definition of fool
Noun
  • 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
  • Some more sillies from last night’s GRAMMY nominees reception.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Definition of silly
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of nitwit

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“Birdbrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdbrain. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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