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
  • This league has been out to cook its golden goose from Day 1.
    — Patricia Babcock McGraw OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • What's candy for the goose may be a savory munchy for the gander.
    — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of goose
Noun
  • The fact that there is someone out there who could actually get all the real unsuspecting morons who participated in this movie to sign off on it afterwards is simply astonishing considering what they are asked to do in it.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The unlikely source is Enervate’s company stooge corporate strategist, Ken Davies (Tim Key), a moron by any measure.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of moron
Noun
  • This was not the case for one—an egregious offering that dwarfed all the others, like a cuckoo in a wren’s nest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But a cuckoo premise isn’t enough to hang a film on, apparently.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Aug. 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
  • Watching with the hope that anything serious will ever shift for the central characters is a fool’s errand.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Halloween is treated as his blind spot, the day each year this Socrates of the gang makes a fool of himself and misses out on treats.
    — Colin Fleming, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of fool
Noun
  • Her new book is a similar mash-up of the silly and the somber.
    — Lisa Hanawalt, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of silly
Noun
  • Soon, the president of the United States (John Goodman) and his cabinet of fawning nitwits come to Casa Digger — because that’s how powerful Digger is — to plan the response.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of nitwit

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“Birdbrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birdbrain. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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