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单词 prat
释义

prat

noun

ˈprat How to pronounce prat (audio)
British
: a stupid or foolish person

Synonyms

  • airhead
  • birdbrain
  • blockhead
  • bonehead
  • bubblehead
  • chowderhead
  • chucklehead
  • clodpoll
  • clodpole
  • clot [British]
  • cluck
  • clunk
  • cretin
  • cuddy [British dialect]
  • cuddie
  • deadhead
  • dim bulb [slang]
  • dimwit
  • dip
  • dodo
  • dolt
  • donkey
  • doofus [slang]
  • dope
  • dork [slang]
  • dullard
  • dum-dum
  • dumbbell
  • dumbhead
  • dummkopf
  • dummy
  • dunce
  • dunderhead
  • fathead
  • gander
  • golem
  • goof
  • goon
  • half-wit
  • hammerhead
  • hardhead
  • idiot
  • ignoramus
  • imbecile
  • jackass
  • know-nothing
  • knucklehead
  • lamebrain
  • loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
  • loon
  • lump
  • lunkhead
  • meathead
  • mome [archaic]
  • moron
  • mug [chiefly British]
  • mutt
  • natural
  • nimrod [slang]
  • nincompoop
  • ninny
  • ninnyhammer
  • nit [chiefly British]
  • nitwit
  • noddy
  • noodle
  • numskull
  • numbskull
  • oaf
  • pinhead
  • ratbag [chiefly Australian]
  • saphead
  • schlub [slang]
  • shlub
  • schnook [slang]
  • simpleton
  • stock
  • stupe
  • stupid
  • thickhead
  • turkey
  • woodenhead
  • yahoo
  • yo-yo
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Example Sentences

He acts like a real prat sometimes. I need competent people for this job, and all they send me are prats.
Recent Examples on the Web Through it all, however, the gal has retained a sort of grand hauteur, even while prat-falling into a bush. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2022 At times Javed’s insistence on reciting lyrics to other people becomes irritating (his girlfriend, a white anti-Thatcher campaigner who did not feature in the book, tells him off for being a prat). J.t., The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019 Maybe at a Ferrari Club meeting with all the other prats in hats. Dan Neil, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2018 So, enter me, a twenty-something who hopes to go from prat to prim over the course of a two-hour lunch, via Meier's social and dining course. Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 15 Dec. 2017 Chris Vettel is a pricelessly clueless but endearingly cheery aristocratic prat as Hope’s fiance Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, and Ali Lane is hysterically agitated as Hope’s frequently hoodwinked mother. Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2017

Word History

Etymology

probably from argot prat buttocks

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

prat

noun

British
as in idiot
a stupid person I need competent people for this job, and all they send me are prats

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • idiot
  • moron
  • stupid
  • lunatic
  • dolt
  • dummy
  • ignoramus
  • dullard
  • loser
  • imbecile
  • dunderhead
  • oaf
  • dunce
  • mutt
  • fool
  • cretin
  • blockhead
  • jackass
  • dimwit
  • loon
  • simpleton
  • stupe
  • dumbhead
  • jerk
  • doofus
  • ninny
  • goose
  • donkey
  • numskull
  • lunkhead
  • bonehead
  • goof
  • chucklehead
  • dork
  • knucklehead
  • dummkopf
  • numbskull
  • ratbag
  • goon
  • airhead
  • lamebrain
  • pinhead
  • noddy
  • nimrod
  • natural
  • schnook
  • nincompoop
  • nitwit
  • fathead
  • hardhead
  • clown
  • schlub
  • chowderhead
  • golem
  • meathead
  • buffoon
  • turkey
  • dope
  • know-nothing
  • cluck
  • clunk
  • villain
  • birdbrain
  • lump
  • hammerhead
  • deadhead
  • yahoo
  • saphead
  • bubblehead
  • nit
  • cuddy
  • shlub
  • dumbbell
  • dodo
  • half-wit
  • gander
  • loggerhead
  • mome
  • dip
  • loony
  • noodle
  • dumb cluck
  • thickhead
  • woodenhead
  • ninnyhammer
  • dum-dum
  • clodpole
  • stock
  • dim bulb
  • clodpoll
  • madman
  • cuddie
  • skunk
  • booby
  • clot
  • boor
  • snake
  • yo-yo
  • scatterbrain
  • cad
  • nut
  • mug
  • creep
  • zany
  • heel
  • stinker
  • beast
  • cur
  • gawk
  • churl
  • featherbrain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • genius
  • brain
  • thinker
  • wizard
  • sage
  • intellectual
  • intellect
  • whiz
  • polymath
  • Renaissance man
  • sharpy
  • sharpie
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