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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dodo

The process has yet to be peer reviewed, but the company is pitching the technology as a step toward one of the company’s goals of resurrecting extinct dodo and moa birds. — Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 20 May 2026

Lamm told The New York Post that the company believes the moa could return by the early 2030s, while the dodo could be revived within four or five years. — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026

Colossal is already working on artificial eggs that would be big enough for the dodo and moa embryos. — Rob Stein, NPR, 19 May 2026

The team will spend the next six months ensuring the chickens are healthy and can reproduce, before potentially using the eggs to birth dodos. — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026