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Synonyms & Antonyms of dingbat
a person who lacks good sense or judgment
- a dingbat who was constantly firing off nonsensical letters to the editor
Synonyms for dingbat
- berk
- [British],
- booby,
- charlie
- (also charley)
- [British],
- cuckoo,
- ding-a-ling,
- ding-dong,
- dipstick,
- doofus
- [slang],
- featherhead,
- fool,
- git
- [British],
- goose,
- half-wit,
- jackass,
- lunatic,
- mooncalf,
- nincompoop,
- ninny,
- ninnyhammer,
- nit
- [chiefly British],
- nitwit,
- nut,
- nutcase,
- simp,
- simpleton,
- turkey,
- yo-yo
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“Dingbat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dingbat. Accessed 27 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of dingbat was in 1904
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