Synonyms for turkey

Most common

dud · joker · roaster

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Antonyms

hit

All antonyms of turkey →

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A prostitute.

   Shorty think she slick, but everybody know she a turkey.

2. n. 2

   A bird in the genus Meleagris, usually with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck. A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.

Related words

Word family

turducken turkeyfish

Phrases

cold turkey jive turkey turkey vulture turkey buzzard turkey cock turkey mullein bush turkey scrub turkey

Forms

Plural

turkeys → bombs, duds, hoes, roasters…

Example sentences

• dud Their investment in the startup turned out to be a dud.
• joker No practical joker should be without a whoopee cushion.
• roaster Did you buy your coffee from a local roaster?

Popularity over time

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

By length

2 letters

ho¹

3 letters

hoe¹, dud¹

4 letters

bomb¹, flop¹

5 letters

goose¹, joker²

7 letters

roaster²

8 letters

bootneck

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (joker² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

dinde

Español

pava

Deutsch

Pute

Català

polla díndia