Synonyms of dodo

dodo

noun

ˈdō-(ˌ)dō 

1

as in fossil

a person with old-fashioned ideas

youngsters helping old dodos learn to use computers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fossil
• fogey
• conservative
• veteran
• fogy
• mossback
• fud
• Colonel Blimp
• stick-in-the-mud
• stuffed shirt
• antediluvian
• reactionary
• fuddy-duddy
• Tory
• mandarin
• old hand
• rightist
• old maid
• old-timer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modern
• trendy
• hipster
• liberal
• progressive
• radical

2

as in idiot

a stupid person

she called him a dodo after he lost the concert tickets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idiot
• moron
• stupid
• loser
• mutt
• dummy
• donkey
• prat
• lunatic
• fool
• turkey
• pinhead
• goose
• dullard
• ignoramus
• numbskull
• blockhead
• hammerhead
• loon
• dolt
• know-nothing
• dunderhead
• dimwit
• imbecile
• dumbhead
• natural
• bubblehead
• noddy
• dunce
• dum-dum
• airhead
• jackass
• dumb cluck
• simpleton
• cluck
• gander
• goof
• stupe
• goon
• clown
• nimrod
• golem
• dip
• birdbrain
• numskull
• knucklehead
• bonehead
• doofus
• ninny
• dope
• clunk
• hardhead
• jerk
• cuddy
• chucklehead
• cretin
• lunkhead
• yahoo
• deadhead
• dummkopf
• oaf
• noodle
• schnook
• saphead
• loggerhead
• dumbbell
• dork
• chowderhead
• cuddie
• lump
• stock
• fathead
• mome
• ninnyhammer
• lamebrain
• nitwit
• dim bulb
• nincompoop
• clodpole
• ratbag
• thickhead
• meathead
• villain
• woodenhead
• skunk
• schlub
• nit
• half-wit
• buffoon
• booby
• clodpoll
• shlub
• loony
• yo-yo
• snake
• clot
• madman
• creep
• nut
• zany
• beast
• mug
• cad
• cur
• scatterbrain
• stinker
• boor
• heel
• gawk
• featherbrain
• churl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brain
• genius
• sage
• intellect
• thinker
• whiz
• wizard
• intellectual
• Renaissance man
• polymath
• sharpy
• sharpie

Examples of dodo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

John Mueller argued that great-power war, like aristocratic dueling, had gone the way of the dodo. —Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024

Only humans are responsible for the extinction of species, including the dodo bird and passenger pigeon. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2024

But the extinct creature is not an appropriate symbol because, unlike the dodo, Mauritius is very much alive and kicking. —James Rampton, theweek, 11 Apr. 2024

Or, if moderate Republicans go extinct, will future generations one day resurrect them, much like some researchers are now promising to reintroduce the dodo? —Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024