oafs

noun

plural of oaf
1
as in hulks
a big clumsy often slow-witted person it's not polite to call your brother a stupid oaf

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2
as in idiots
a stupid person anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oafs
  1. hulks
  2. idiots
  3. morons
  4. lunatics
  5. lumps
  6. losers
  7. brutes
  8. mutts
Noun
  • Instead, fog clung to every nook and crevice of the glacial hulks surrounding us.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships — and even the remains of an ancient woolly mammoth — are emerging into view.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of hulks
Noun
  • Speaking of idiots, look who's about to return to the States.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Eleven gullible idiots were talked into acquitting because of an imaginary female ailment.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of idiots
Noun
  • The fact that there is someone out there who could actually get all the real unsuspecting morons who participated in this movie to sign off on it afterwards is simply astonishing considering what they are asked to do in it.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
    — McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of morons
Noun
  • The show will serve as a platform for countless lunatics within the InfoWars universe and a platform for larger announcements about the company’s fictional exploits.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Republicans see an opportunity here, portraying progressive and socialist Democrats as lunatics and communists.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of lunatics
Noun
  • The longer the sweet potatoes heat in the Dutch oven, the more the lumps will soften.
    — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Morton kosher salt in food processor until no lumps remain, about 1 minute.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of lumps
Noun
  • Memory and chip firms SanDisk, Western Digital, AMD, Seagate and Micron were the index’s biggest losers, all plunging around 10%.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The losers would likely prefer to continue attacking their opponents with mud-slinging ads filled with lies.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of losers
Noun
  • These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.
    — Keith Sutton, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
  • In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-​skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-​skinned developing world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of brutes
Noun
  • Not that hard to leave the little mutts at home for the grocery store trip.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
  • For starters, there are the cost savings of getting one of these not-so-in-demand mutts.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of mutts
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“Oafs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oafs. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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