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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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