DONKEYS Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

donkeys

noun

plural of donkey

as in mules

a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things we put our bags on the donkey and headed down the canyon

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a stupid person called him a donkey when he refused to go along with their plans

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Recent Examples of donkeys Elsewhere in the barn, there’s a pair of isolated rooms for donkeys with highly infectious diseases like salmonella or strangles. — Brayden Garcia october 28, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026 There are goats, pigs, and donkeys, as well as Ringo, an 80-pound African spurred tortoise who came to Georgia from a rescue in New York. — Brian Unger, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 On one early October afternoon, tourists outnumbered donkeys at least 10 to 1. — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026 The hee-haw of donkeys acts as the camp alarm, rousing us before sunrise each morning. — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026 These days, Bragg lives with Margaret nearby, in a red-cedar cabin on forty acres of pastureland grazed upon by two miniature donkeys. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026 In a secluded bubble away from the city, Stephen Miller’s wife treats Washington’s most powerful to custom cakes, live donkeys, and sake-squirting hibachi chefs. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026 While reporting on wolves attacking livestock in Northern California, I was stunned to learn some shepherds put donkeys in their pastures to ward off predators. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for donkeys

Noun

There are plenty of mules to covet this season, from Neous’s raffia mule, to Loewe’s Origami style, named so after the way the leather folds.

— Talia Abbas, Vogue, 10 July 2026

Definition of mules

Noun

Five burros were killed and a driver was injured when a herd wandered onto the 215 Freeway in 2020.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
For more than five decades, the Department has been charged with protecting and humanely managing wild horses and burros on public lands.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of burros

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
There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.

— McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026

Definition of morons

Noun

The show will serve as a platform for countless lunatics within the InfoWars universe and a platform for larger announcements about the company’s fictional exploits.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
Republicans see an opportunity here, portraying progressive and socialist Democrats as lunatics and communists.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026