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Synonyms & Antonyms of gawk
(Entry 1 of 2)
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
- thought that the linebackers were dumb gawks until he got to know them better
Synonyms for gawk
- clod,
- clodhopper,
- hulk,
- lout,
- lubber,
- lug,
- lump,
- Neanderthal,
- oaf,
- palooka
Words Related to gawk
- airhead,
- birdbrain,
- blockhead,
- blunderer,
- bonehead,
- bubblehead,
- chowderhead,
- chucklehead,
- clodpoll
- (or clodpole),
- clot
- [British],
- cluck,
- clunk,
- cuddy
- (or cuddie)
- [British dialect],
- deadhead,
- dim bulb
- [slang],
- dimwit,
- dip,
- dodo,
- dolt,
- donkey,
- doofus
- [slang],
- dope,
- dork
- [slang],
- dullard,
- dumbbell,
- dumbhead,
- dum-dum,
- dummkopf,
- dummy,
- dunce,
- dunderhead,
- fathead,
- galoot
- [slang],
- gander,
- golem,
- goof,
- goon,
- half-wit,
- hammerhead,
- hardhead,
- idiot,
- ignoramus,
- imbecile,
- jackass,
- know-nothing,
- knucklehead,
- lamebrain,
- loggerhead
- [chiefly dialect],
- loon,
- lunkhead,
- meathead,
- mome
- [archaic],
- moron,
- mug
- [chiefly British],
- mutt,
- natural,
- nimrod
- [slang],
- nincompoop,
- ninny,
- ninnyhammer,
- nit
- [chiefly British],
- nitwit,
- noddy,
- noodle,
- numskull
- (or numbskull),
- pinhead,
- prat
- [British],
- ratbag
- [chiefly Australian],
- saphead,
- schlub
- (also shlub)
- [slang],
- schnook
- [slang],
- simp,
- simpleton,
- stock,
- stupe,
- stupid,
- thickhead,
- turkey,
- woodenhead,
- yahoo,
- yo-yo
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gawk
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of gawk (Entry 2 of 2)
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
- couldn't help gawking at the exotically dressed guests in the hotel lobby
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The first known use of gawk was in 1757
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