Thesaurus
Synonyms and Antonyms of oafs
- it's not polite to call your brother a stupid oaf
clods, clodhoppers, gawks, hulks, louts, lubbers, lugs, lumps, Neanderthals, palookas
chumps, losers, schlemiels (also shlemiels), turkeys
airheads, birdbrains, blockheads, blunderers, boneheads, bubbleheads, chowderheads, chuckleheads, clodpolls (or clodpoles), clots [British], clucks, clunks, 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, dummkopfs, dummies, dunces, dunderheads, fatheads, galoots [slang], 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, nimrods [slang], nincompoops, ninnies, ninnyhammers, nits [chiefly British], nitwits, noddies, noodles, numskulls (or numbskulls), pinheads, prats [British], ratbags [chiefly Australian], sapheads, schlubs (also shlubs) [slang], schnooks [slang], simps, simpletons, stocks, stupes, stupids, thickheads, turkeys, woodenheads, yahoos, yo-yos
anthropoids, apes, beasts, boors, brutes, cads, churls, clowns, creeps, cretins, curs, heels, louses, skunks (also skunk), snakes, stinkers, tykes (also tikes) [chiefly British], villains
- anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise
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, dum-dums, dumbbells, dumbheads, dummkopfs, dummies, 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, nimrods [slang], nincompoops, ninnies, ninnyhammers, nits [chiefly British], nitwits, noddies, noodles, numskulls (or numbskulls), pinheads, prats [British], ratbags [chiefly Australian], sapheads, schlubs (also shlubs) [slang], schnooks [slang], simpletons, stocks, stupes, stupids, thickheads, turkeys, woodenheads, yahoos, yo-yos
Learn More about oafs
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up oafs? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
