Synonyms of palooka

palooka

noun

as in hulk

a big clumsy often slow-witted person

I wish he wouldn't bring over here that bunch of palookas he calls his friends

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hulk
• loser
• lump
• mutt
• villain
• idiot
• moron
• clown
• skunk
• oaf
• brute
• lout
• lubber
• clodhopper
• turkey
• gawk
• snake
• lug
• goose
• lunatic
• stupid
• clod
• turkey
• creep
• beast
• chump
• heel
• dummy
• galoot
• prat
• fool
• schnook
• blunderer
• lunkhead
• schlemiel
• knucklehead
• donkey
• numskull
• stock
• meathead
• dunderhead
• dolt
• Neanderthal
• blockhead
• pinhead
• fathead
• chowderhead
• nincompoop
• slouch
• bonehead
• rogue
• cretin
• natural
• goon
• hammerhead
• looney
• ignoramus
• stinker
• imbecile
• dullard
• hardhead
• dunce
• golem
• nut
• cad
• stupe
• chucklehead
• dimwit
• bubblehead
• jackass
• yahoo
• birdbrain
• shlub
• ape
• simpleton
• noodle
• schlub
• anthropoid
• airhead
• ninny
• dope
• boor
• goof
• numbskull
• dip
• doofus
• dumbbell
• cur
• noddy
• simp
• nimrod
• cuddy
• dumbhead
• ratbag
• gander
• churl
• shlemiel
• nitwit
• deadhead
• louse
• rascal
• dork
• booby
• tyke
• dummkopf
• loon
• cluck
• saphead
• lamebrain
• madman
• half-wit
• loggerhead
• mome
• mug
• dodo
• know-nothing
• clunk
• loony
• nit
• scatterbrain
• dim bulb
• scamp
• woodenhead
• tike
• cuddie
• dum-dum
• ninnyhammer
• clodpoll
• clodpole
• clot
• yo-yo
• featherbrain
• thickhead

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brain
• sage
• thinker
• wizard
• genius
• brainiac
• whiz
• intellectual

• brain
• sage
• thinker
• wizard
• genius
• brainiac
• whiz
• intellectual

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