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plural of nimrod
Synonyms & Antonyms of nimrods
1
a person who hunts game
- a mighty nimrod with the heads of big game mounted on his walls
Synonyms for nimrods
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Antonyms for nimrods
- nonhunters
2
slang
a stupid person
- there are lots of nimrods out in the woods, so always wear bright red during hunting season
Synonyms for nimrods
- airheads,
- birdbrains,
- blockheads,
- boneheads,
- bubbleheads,
- chowderheads,
- chuckleheads,
- clodpolls
- (or clodpoles),
- clots
- [British],
- clucks,
- clunks,
- cretins,
- cuddies
- [British dialect],
- deadheads,
- dim bulbs
- [slang],
- dimwits,
- dips,
- dodoes
- (or dodos),
- dolts,
- donkeys,
- doofuses
- (also dufuses)
- [slang],
- dopes,
- dorks
- [slang],
- dullards,
- dumbbells,
- dumbheads,
- dum-dums,
- dummies,
- dummkopfs,
- dunces,
- dunderheads,
- fatheads,
- ganders,
- golems,
- goofs,
- goons,
- half-wits,
- hammerheads,
- hardheads,
- idiots,
- ignoramuses
- (also ignorami),
- imbeciles,
- jackasses,
- know-nothings,
- knuckleheads,
- lamebrains,
- loggerheads
- [chiefly dialect],
- loons,
- lumps,
- lunkheads,
- meatheads,
- momes
- [archaic],
- morons,
- mugs
- [chiefly British],
- mutts,
- naturals,
- nincompoops,
- ninnies,
- ninnyhammers,
- nits
- [chiefly British],
- nitwits,
- noddies,
- noodles,
- numskulls
- (or numbskulls),
- oafs,
- pinheads,
- prats
- [British],
- ratbags
- [chiefly Australian],
- sapheads,
- schlubs
- (also shlubs)
- [slang],
- schnooks
- [slang],
- simpletons,
- stocks,
- stupes,
- stupids,
- thickheads,
- turkeys,
- woodenheads,
- yahoos,
- yo-yos
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“Nimrods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nimrods. Accessed 8 Aug. 2022.
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