booby
1 of 2noun (1)
boo·by ˈbü-bē 
plural boobies
1
: an awkward foolish person : dope
2
: any of several tropical seabirds (genus Sula) of the gannet family
booby
2 of 2noun (2)
boo·by ˈbü-bē ˈbu̇-
ˈbu̇- plural boobies
sometimes vulgar
: breast
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- berk [British]
- charlie [British]
- charley
- cuckoo
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- dingbat
- dipstick
- doofus [slang]
- featherhead
- fool
- git [British]
- goose
- half-wit
- jackass
- lunatic
- mooncalf
- nincompoop
- ninny
- ninnyhammer
- nit [chiefly British]
- nitwit
- nut
- nutcase
- simp
- simpleton
- turkey
- yo-yo
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
modification of Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus stammering, probably of imitative origin
Noun (2)
alteration of bubby
First Known Use
Noun (1)
circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1916, in the meaning defined above
booby
noun
as in lunatic
a person who lacks good sense or judgment what kind of booby goes out into the snow barefoot? Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- lunatic
- fool
- goose
- idiot
- moron
- turkey
- nut
- monkey
- cuckoo
- ninny
- dingbat
- loser
- doofus
- charlie
- jackass
- simpleton
- nitwit
- featherhead
- berk
- dummy
- simp
- mooncalf
- nutcase
- nit
- ding-dong
- half-wit
- ninnyhammer
- ding-a-ling
- nincompoop
- charley
- dipstick
- daredevil
- dunce
- donkey
- yo-yo
- imbecile
- dolt
- git
- blockhead
- goon
- butt
- airhead
- ignoramus
- pinhead
- knucklehead
- numskull
- madman
- chump
- numbskull
- birdbrain
- madwoman
- dork
- dodo
- schnook
- weirdo
- schlump
- dope
- scatterbrain
- fathead
- screwball
- dupe
- dumbbell
- kook
- gander
- codger
- character
- oddball
- know-nothing
- crackpot
- schlub
- stock
- shlub
- schlemiel
- featherbrain
- mockery
- shlemiel
- crackbrain
- crank
- laughingstock
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- brain
- genius
- sage
- thinker
Phrases Containing booby
- helmetpod
- helmets
- Helmholtz
- Helmholtz coil
- Helmholtz double layer
- Helmholtz resonator
- helmholtzes
- helming
- helminth
- Helminthes
- helminthiases
- helminthiasis
- helminthic
- helminthics
- Helminthocladiaceae
- helminthoid
- helminthological
- helminthologies
- helminthologists
- helminthology
- helminthosporia
- helminthosporin
- helminthosporium
- helminthosporiums
- helminthosporoid