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turkey
Synonyms and Antonyms of turkey
- He called me a turkey for playing golf during the thunderstorm.
booby, cuckoo, featherhead, fool, goose, half-wit, lunatic, mooncalf, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nitwit, nut, simpleton, yo-yo
airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, cretin, dodo, dolt, donkey, dope, dork [slang], dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, gander, goon, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, know-nothing, knucklehead, moron, numskull (or numbskull), pinhead, stock
butt, dupe, laughingstock, mockery, monkey
chump, loser, schlemiel (also shlemiel)
character, codger, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, kook, oddball, screwball, weirdo
- You turkey, that wasn't my boyfriend—it was my brother!
airhead, blockhead, chucklehead, dimwit, dodo, dolt, donkey, dope, dork [slang], dullard, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, goof, goon, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loon, lunkhead, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, saphead, simpleton, stock, yahoo, yo-yo
- His business venture ended up being a turkey, and he lost quite a bit of money on it.
corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon
blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner
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