Synonyms for gowk
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A cuckoo.
Related words
- Other spellings
- gouk
Forms
- Plural
- gowks → dopes, donkeys, dolts, dullards…
Example sentences
- dope I keep a little dope around for real emergencies.
- donkey If you load your donkey like that, it won't budge.
- dolt Only a dolt could fail to understand what was implied by that letter.
- dullard You're not very bright. You're actually quite a dullard.
- nincompoop I slept in and missed my scheduled interview. I feel like such a nincompoop.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gowk | steady | |
| dope | rising | |
| donkey | rising | |
| dolt | rising | |
| dullard | rising | |
| nincompoop | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dope1, dolt
- 5 letters
- dummy2, dunce
- 6 letters
- donkey2, dimwit, nitwit
- 7 letters
- dullard
- 10 letters
- nincompoop3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dummy2 = 2 syllables).