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Synonyms for doofus

  • noun

Most common

half-wit dolt dimwit oaf pin-head dingus drongo goofus

All synonyms

Noun

1. Dolt

dolt, nitwit informal, dimwit, half-wit, nimrod informal US, oaf, fool, boob, block head, dullard, ninny informal, dunce, dope, booby

Other

pin-head, dingus, drongo, goofus, glaik, lunkhead informal

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.

    Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News

Related words

Other spellings
dufus

Forms

Plural
doofuses → dolts, nitwits, dimwits, half-wits…

Example sentences

  • dolt Only a dolt could fail to understand what was implied by that letter.
  • dimwit Look at that dimwit egg-sucker over there.
  • oaf That oaf has no manners, always interrupting.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
doofussteady
doltrising
dimwitrising
oafrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
oaf
4 letters
fool1, dope1, boob1, dolt
5 letters
booby2, dunce, ninny2, glaik
6 letters
nimrod2, dimwit, dingus2, nitwit, drongo, goofus
7 letters
dullard
8 letters
lunkhead

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (booby2 = 2 syllables).