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featherhead

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1 a person who lacks good sense or judgment

discovered that the sales clerk was not a featherhead, but had made an honest mistake

Synonyms of featherhead

berk [British], booby, charlie (also charley) [British], cuckoo, ding-a-ling, ding-dong, dingbat, dipstick, doofus [slang], fool, git [British], goose, half-wit, jackass, lunatic, mooncalf, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, nut, nutcase, simp, simpleton, turkey, yo-yo

Words Related to featherhead

madman, madwoman

airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, dodo, dolt, donkey, dope, dork [slang], dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, gander, goon, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, know-nothing, knucklehead, moron, numskull (or numbskull), pinhead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schlump [slang], schnook [slang], stock

featherbrain, scatterbrain

butt, dupe, laughingstock, mockery, monkey

chump, loser, schlemiel (also shlemiel)

character, codger, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, kook, oddball, screwball, weirdo

Near Antonyms of featherhead

2 a silly flighty person

too important a diplomatic post to assign to some congenial featherhead

Synonyms of featherhead

birdbrain, cuckoo, ditz, featherbrain, flibbertigibbet, nitwit, rattlebrain, scatterbrain, softhead

Words Related to featherhead

fool, goose, silly, simpleton

Antonyms of featherhead

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