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Synonyms for lubber

  • noun

Most common

gawk oaf lout bumpkin slouch landlubber

All synonyms

Noun

1. Gawk — A clumsy or lazy person

gawk, lout, lummox informal, oaf, bumpkin, bungler, clown, lump, goon, muff, clod, clod hopper, duffer, klutz US, boor, dauber, palooka US, churl, bumbler, blunderer, blunderhead, botcher

Other

landlubber, slouch, lobcock dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A clumsy or lazy person.

Related words

Word family
lubberly

Forms

Plural
lubbers → gawks, louts, lummoxes, oafs…

Example sentences

  • gawk He stopped to gawk at the limousine.
  • oaf That oaf has no manners, always interrupting.
  • lout Trump is a lout, because he talks and acts like a lout.
  • bumpkin Who brought this unpolished country bumpkin?
  • slouch I'm no slouch on the dance floor.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
lubbersteady
gawkrising
oafrising
loutrising
bumpkinrising
slouchrising

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

By length

3 letters
oaf
4 letters
lump1, goon1, muff1, gawk1, clod, lout1, boor1
5 letters
clown1, klutz1, churl
6 letters
slouch1, duffer2, dauber2, lummox
7 letters
bumpkin2, palooka, bungler2, bumbler, botcher, lobcock
9 letters
blunderer
10 letters
landlubber
11 letters
blunderhead

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (duffer2 = 2 syllables).