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Synonyms & Antonyms of goose
- don't be such a silly goose—you're dressed just fine for the party
Synonyms for goose
- berk
- [British],
- booby,
- charlie
- (also charley)
- [British],
- cuckoo,
- ding-a-ling,
- ding-dong,
- dingbat,
- dipstick,
- doofus
- [slang],
- featherhead,
- fool,
- git
- [British],
- half-wit,
- jackass,
- lunatic,
- mooncalf,
- nincompoop,
- ninny,
- ninnyhammer,
- nit
- [chiefly British],
- nitwit,
- nut,
- nutcase,
- simp,
- simpleton,
- turkey,
- yo-yo
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“Goose.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose. Accessed 8 December 2019.
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The first known use of goose was before the 12th century
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