Synonyms of duff

duff 1 of 2

noun

as in bum

the part of the body upon which someone sits

I've been sitting on my duff all day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bum
• seat
• cheeks
• tail
• rump
• behind
• bottom
• fanny
• butt
• rear
• buns
• backside
• posterior
• tail end
• rear end
• buttocks
• hams
• can
• caboose
• haunches
• booty
• beam
• keister
• fundament
• tush
• nates
• heinie
• breech
• keester
• bootie
• derriere
• hunkers
• derrière
• stern
• moon

duff

2 of 2

adjective

British

as in base

Synonyms & Similar Words

• base
• low-grade
• lousy
• cheap
• inferior
• no-good
• cheapjack
• worthless
• second-rate
• defective
• chaffy
• substandard
• empty
• null
• vain
• valueless
• unsatisfactory
• dud
• imperfect
• junky
• flawed
• insufficient
• inadequate
• bad
• deficient
• unacceptable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• valuable
• worthy
• useful
• invaluable
• precious
• priceless
• special
• fancy
• exceptional
• choice
• prized
• treasured
• esteemed
• cherished
• high-grade

Examples of duff in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Hotshot personnel lighted low-intensity fires to burn off duff and litter. —Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021

Montreal stands in capably enough for Baltimore in a simultaneously sleek and gritty design package whose only duff note is a slight excess of aerial shots (and gimmicky upside-down perspectives) in Julia’s otherwise first-rate widescreen photography. —Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023

Despite recent cool weather and clouds in the area, the duff, which is organic matter covering the soil, is extremely dry. —Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2021

Most of it comes from the duff, not the trees. —Randi Jandt, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021