lubber

noun

ˈlə-bər How to pronounce lubber (audio)
Definition of lubbernext
1
as in hulk
a big clumsy often slow-witted person although he's something of a lubber, everyone agrees that he has a kind heart

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2
as in lummox
a clumsy, awkward person the two lubbers who came to deliver my furniture

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Recent Examples of lubber One of the synthetic pyrethroids could also help control the young lubber grasshoppers. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025 Unlike other grasshopper species which are winged and agile, the lubber can't fly. — Adriana Brasileiro, orlandosentinel.com, 19 July 2019 Water-lubbers can easily access freshwater lakes, rural flatland and woodland forests. — Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 May 2018 China does not have the sealift, airlift, or sustainment capability to project force to Taiwan - and that's before the US Navy gets involved as lubber points out below. — Isaac Stone Fish, Slate Magazine, 4 Oct. 2017 Lubbers expects that Cuban Travel Network will start offering small group tours built around live events to attract American travelers looking for a Cuban music experience but unable to go on their own. — Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 22 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lubber
  1. hulk
  2. lummox
  3. loser
  4. dub
  5. lump
  6. klutz
  7. moron
  8. gawk
Noun
  • In the film, Russell wants a hulk of a man but doesn’t care about money, while Monroe transparently is looking for a man who can fuel her desire for diamonds.
    — Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
  • When Krem takes off in Kara’s spacecraft, a rusted hulk that’s like an interplanetary RV, and shoots her beloved dog Krypto with a lethal tranquilizer that will result in agonizing death in three days, Kara joins Ruthye on her revenge quest.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
Definition of hulk
Noun
  • There’s married mom of six Angela (Alexandra Melrose), who needs a break from the double-wide trailer and her lummox spouse.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Max is still living happily in New York City with his owner, Katie (Ellie Kemper), and his lummox of a best friend Duke (Eric Stonestreet).
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 6 June 2019
Definition of lummox
Noun
  • This fight carries immense stakes, with the loser potentially facing a significant setback in their career.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
  • From there on out, every story beat will be familiar to anyone who’s ever seen a come-from-behind underdog loser redemption movie.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
Definition of loser
Noun
  • Track seven swathes a nervous dub rhythm in cottony pads and opulent harps; track eight takes us out on an uncharacteristically beatless swirl, like a tide pool full of sea anemones.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026
  • The Colorado instrumental trio adds some dub and overdubs to their interstellar lounge.
    — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 17 July 2026
Definition of dub
Noun
  • Symptoms can include a lump in the armpit, dimpled skin on the chest, red or flaky skin near the nipple, pain or tenderness on the chest or armpit, clear or bloody nipple discharge and an inverted nipple, per the Cleveland Clinic.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • Yet his go-to idea with the minutes running out against Argentina was to bring on Dan Burn — nothing against the player himself — to be a big lump in both penalty areas.
    — The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of lump
Noun
  • Like Lerner’s previous protagonists, the narrator is something of an intellectual klutz, at once Chekhov and Chaplin.
    — Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Leslie played along, pretending to be a klutz who liked being harshed by a pre-school kid.
    — Noor Hassan, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Definition of klutz
Noun
  • God help us all if some idiot, some moron, ever put you in charge.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 July 2026
  • Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 June 2026
Definition of moron
Noun
  • Carrie raves to Seema about her creative connection with Duncan, and during another writing session, Duncan helps Carrie with her faulty printer and gawks at her closet full of designer dresses and shoes.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 31 July 2025
  • The badaud, by contrast, is always liable to form a group or crowd, either for a mass gawk or some communal response.
    — Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
Definition of gawk

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“Lubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lubber. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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