Synonyms of cuckoos

cuckoos

noun

plural of cuckoo

1

as in lunatics

a person who lacks good sense or judgment

one cuckoo at the campground tried to boil soup in a plastic cup

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lunatics
• geese
• fools
• nuts
• idiots
• morons
• turkeys
• monkeys
• losers
• boobies
• simps
• ninnies
• ding-dongs
• nutcases
• gits
• berks
• nincompoops
• simpletons
• half-wits
• dipsticks
• nitwits
• jackasses
• dingbats
• ninnyhammers
• doofuses
• nits
• charlies
• mooncalves
• donkeys
• daredevils
• featherheads
• yo-yos
• dummies
• madwomen
• madmen
• imbeciles
• ding-a-lings
• ganders
• birdbrains
• blockheads
• dolts
• pinheads
• ignoramuses
• dunces
• numskulls
• airheads
• know-nothings
• knuckleheads
• dopes
• dupes
• goons
• scatterbrains
• crackpots
• fatheads
• characters
• cranks
• kooks
• weirdos
• screwballs
• schlumps
• dorks
• schnooks
• oddballs
• chumps
• butts
• schlemiels
• stocks
• dumbbells
• codgers
• laughingstocks
• featherbrains
• schlubs
• mockeries
• dodoes
• crackbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• thinkers
• sages
• brains
• geniuses

2

as in geese

a silly flighty person

didn't want to be among those cuckoos who race around the mall the day before Christmas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• geese
• fools
• birdbrains
• scatterbrains
• sillies
• nitwits
• softheads
• flibbertigibbets
• ditzes
• featherheads
• featherbrains
• simpletons
• rattlebrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sobersides

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cuckoos

Canada geese are protected, as well as most other geese, swans, ducks, cranes, cuckoos, hummingbirds, doves and flamingos. — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026

Different bird species understand anti-cuckoo warning calls Birds of different species can understand each other’s alarm calls warning of cuckoos. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025