Cuckoo

//ˈkuː.kuː//

Synonyms for "cuckoo" (226 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (46)

insane ape balmy bananas barmy bats batty beany bonkers buggy bughouse bugs bulbul cackle call canary carol caw chatter cheep

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chirk chirp chirr chirrup chitter chuck clack cluck cock-a-doodle-doo conformist coo copier copycat copyist counterfeiter

Noun(4 words)

airhead bonehead bozo changeling

Adjective(7 words)

baked barking barking mad batchy buggish chicken oriental cooked

Strong matches (67)

crackbrain crackbrained cracked crackers crackpot crank cranky crazed crazy croak cronk crow daffy daft deranged ding-a-ling dippy dissembler dissimulator dotty

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drum echo echoer echoist faker fathead feathered songster flaky flipped foolish forger freaked-out fruitcakey fruity gabble gaga gaggle gobble goofy guggle harebrain haywire

Noun(21 words)

crackhead dicklick dildo ding dong ding-dong doldrum doylem dunce einstein fathead fink fool fopdoodle fuckwit gonk goober goof goofball goose gudgeon

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halfwit

Adjective(4 words)

crazy as a pet coon crazy as a shithouse rat distraught doolally

Related words (113)

honk hoo hoot hypocrite imitator impersonator impostor inane just plain nuts kook kooky lark loony loopy lunatic mad magpie mavis mime mimer

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Noun(25 words)

idiot jackaninny jackass jerk loggerhead lunk lunkhead maroon moron mutt natural nimrod ninny noddy pinhead pissbrain plank roaster tardface thickhead

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tit trash for brains turkey twat zany

Adjective(13 words)

insane insane in the membrane mad as a march hare mod moonsick not right in the head nucking futs off the deep end schiz squirrelly stark raving mad three stops short of dagenham weird

Verb(1 words)

parrot

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

8 entries

cuculiform bird echo fool muggins repeat sap saphead tomfool

Synonyms

1 entries

fathead

Related terms

1 entries

cuculine

derived

52 entries

African emerald cuckoo Asian emerald cuckoo Jacobin cuckoo Maynard's cuckoo Philippine cuckoo-dove black cuckoo-shrike brush cuckoo channel-bill cuckoo channel-billed cuckoo cloud cuckoo land cloud cuckoo-land cloud-cuckoo-land cuckoo bee cuckoo bread cuckoo catfish cuckoo clock

Showing 16 of 52 words.

is a

2 entries

bird cuculiform bird

manner of

1 entries

repeat

related to

13 entries

bird cloud cuckoo land crazy cuckoo clock cuckoo dove cuckoo pint cuckoo sign cuckoo's egg cuculidae cuculine cuculus canorus repeat sane

Translations

217 translations across 115 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

qyqe noun (the bird)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

κόκκυ noun (the sound)
κόκκυξ noun (the bird)

Arabic

1 entries

وَقْوَاق noun (the bird)

Armenian

1 entries

կկու noun (the bird)

Aromanian

1 entries

cuc noun (the bird)

Asturian

4 entries

cucu noun (the bird)
cuquiellu noun (the bird)
marmiellu noun (the bird)
pecú noun (the bird)

Bashkir

1 entries

кәкүк noun (the bird)

Basque

1 entries

kuku noun (the bird)

Belarusian

1 entries

зязю́ля noun (the bird)

Breton

1 entries

koukoug noun (the bird)

Bulgarian

4 entries

ку́кувица noun (the bird)
кукане noun (the sound)
кукуви́ца noun (the bird)
чалнат noun (someone crazy — see also crazy)

Burushaski

1 entries

kapo noun (the bird)

Catalan

1 entries

cucut noun (the bird)

Chechen

1 entries

оттйокх noun (the bird)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

布穀鳥 /布谷鸟 noun (the bird)
杜鵑 /杜鹃 noun (the bird)
狂者 noun (someone crazy — see also crazy)

Chukchi

3 entries

ӄэӄучьын noun (the bird)
ӄэӄуӄ noun (the bird)
ӄэӄӄуӄ noun (the bird)

Classical Mongolian

1 entries

ᠱᠣᠭᠱᠤᠤᠷᠯᠠᠮᠦᠢ verb (to make the call of a cuckoo)

Cornish

1 entries

koukou noun (the bird)

Czech

1 entries

kukačka noun (the bird)

Danish

1 entries

gøg noun (the bird)

Dutch

2 entries

koekoek noun (the bird)
koekoek noun (the sound)

Eastern Khanty

1 entries

кӓви noun (the bird)

Erzya

1 entries

куко noun (the bird)

Esperanto

1 entries

kukolo noun (the bird)

Estonian

4 entries

kellakägu noun (bird-shaped figure in cuckoo clock)
kukku noun (the sound)
kukkumine noun (the sound)
kuku noun (the sound)

Faroese

1 entries

geykur noun (the bird)

Finnish

4 entries

kukkuu noun (the sound)
kukunta noun (the sound)
käki noun (the bird)
käki noun (bird-shaped figure in cuckoo clock)

French

4 entries

coucou noun (the bird)
coucou noun (the sound)
coucou noun (someone crazy — see also crazy)
coucoulement noun (the sound)

Friulian

3 entries

cuc noun (the bird)
cucuc noun (the bird)
cuců noun (the bird)

Galician

3 entries

cuco noun (the bird)
cuquelo noun (the bird)
cucar verb (to make the call of a cuckoo)

Georgian

1 entries

გუგული noun (the bird)

German

2 entries

Kuckuck noun (the bird)
kuckuck noun (the sound)

Greek

1 entries

κούκος noun (the bird)

Hebrew

1 entries

קוּקִיָה noun (the bird)

Hindi

2 entries

कोकिला noun (the bird)
कोयल noun (the bird)

Hungarian

4 entries

buggyant noun (someone crazy — see also crazy)
dilis noun (someone crazy — see also crazy)
kakukk noun (the bird)
kakukk noun (the sound)

Icelandic

1 entries

gaukur noun (the bird)

Ido

1 entries

kukulo noun (the bird)

Inari Sami

1 entries

kiehâ noun (the bird)

Interlingua

1 entries

cucu noun (the bird)

Irish

2 entries

cu-cú noun (the sound)
cuach noun (the bird)

Italian

3 entries

cu cu noun (the sound)
cuculo noun (the bird)
cucù noun (the bird)

Japanese

3 entries

カッコウ noun (the bird)
郭公 noun (the bird)
風狂の人 noun (someone crazy — see also crazy)

Kalmyk

1 entries

шонтл noun (the bird)

Karakalpak

1 entries

a'tsho'k noun (the bird)

Kazakh

2 entries

көк-көк noun (the sound)
көкек noun (the bird)

Ket

1 entries

ӄоӄпунь noun (the bird)

Khakas

1 entries

кӧӧк noun (the bird)

Korean

2 entries

두견새 noun (the bird)
뻐꾸기 noun (the bird)

Kumyk

1 entries

атъёкъ noun (the bird)

Ladin

1 entries

cuch noun (the bird)

Latgalian

2 entries

dzagiuze noun (the bird)
kiukuot noun (the sound)

Latin

1 entries

cucūlus noun (the bird)

Latvian

2 entries

dzeguze noun (the bird)
kūkot noun (the sound)

Lithuanian

2 entries

gegutė noun (the bird)
kukuoti noun (the sound)

Livonian

2 entries

kukūlind noun (the bird)
käg noun (the bird)

Low German

2 entries

Kuukuuk noun (the bird)
kukuuk noun (the bird)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

kukawa noun (the bird)

Lule Sami

2 entries

giehka noun (the bird)
ránatjalådde noun (the bird)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Guckuck noun (the bird)

Macedonian

4 entries

ку-ку noun (the sound)
кука́вица noun (the bird)
вергла verb (to repeat something incessantly)
кука verb (to make the call of a cuckoo)

Malayalam

2 entries

കുയിൽ noun (the bird)
കോകിലം noun (the bird)

Maltese

1 entries

daqquqa kaħla noun (the bird)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡨ᠋ᠣᠩᠰᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb (to make the call of a cuckoo)

Manx

1 entries

cooag noun (the bird)

Mongolian

2 entries

гүг гүү noun (the sound)
гүүг гүүг noun (the sound)

Māori

2 entries

kokoea noun (the bird)
kūī verb (to make the call of a cuckoo)

Norman

1 entries

coucou noun (the bird)

Norwegian

1 entries

ko-ko noun (the sound)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

gauk noun (the bird)
gjøk noun (the bird)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

gauk noun (the bird)

Occitan

3 entries

cocut noun (the bird)
coguol noun (the bird)
coguou noun (the bird)

Old English

1 entries

ġēac noun (the bird)

Old Norse

1 entries

gaukr noun (the bird)

Persian

1 entries

کوکو noun (the bird)

Polish

3 entries

kukułka noun (the bird)
gęgać verb (to repeat something incessantly)
kukać verb (to make the call of a cuckoo)

Portuguese

3 entries

cuco noun (the bird)
cucar verb (to make the call of a cuckoo)
cucular verb (to make the call of a cuckoo)

Romani

4 entries

chuhuriashka noun (the bird)
chuhuriezo noun (the bird)
kukuriashka noun (the bird)
kukuriezo noun (the bird)

Romanian

1 entries

cuc noun (the bird)

Romansch

1 entries

cucu noun (the bird)

Russian

4 entries

ку-ку noun (the sound)
ку-ку́ noun (someone crazy — see also crazy)
куку́шка noun (the bird)
куковать verb (to make the call of a cuckoo)

Sami

1 entries

giehka noun (the bird)

Sanskrit

1 entries

कोकिल noun (the bird)

Sardinian

4 entries

cucu noun (the bird)
cucuevvai noun (the bird)
cucui noun (the bird)
cucumarei noun (the bird)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

cuach noun (the bird)
cuthag noun (the bird)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

kukavica noun (the bird)
кукавица noun (the bird)

Shor

1 entries

кӧӧк noun (the bird)

Skolt Sami

1 entries

ǩiõkk noun (the bird)

Slovak

1 entries

kukučka noun (the bird)

Slovene

1 entries

kukavica noun (the bird)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кӱӱк noun (the bird)

Southern Sami

1 entries

gïege noun (the bird)

Spanish

3 entries

críalo noun (the bird)
cuclillo noun (the bird)
cuco noun (the bird)

Sudovian

1 entries

geguze noun (the bird)

Swahili

1 entries

kekeo noun (the bird)

Swedish

3 entries

gök noun (the bird)
kucku noun (the sound)
gala verb (to make the call of a cuckoo)

Tagalog

1 entries

kakok noun (the bird)

Tajik

3 entries

куку noun (the bird)
олучахӯрак noun (the bird)
фохтак noun (the bird)

Tamil

2 entries

குயில் noun (the bird)
கூவு verb (to make the call of a cuckoo)

Telugu

1 entries

కోకిల noun (the bird)

Turkish

3 entries

guguk noun (the bird)
guguk noun (the sound)
guguk kuşu noun (the bird)

Turkmen

1 entries

ikatäk noun (the bird)

Ukrainian

1 entries

зозу́ля noun (the bird)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

kokula noun (the bird)

Urdu

1 entries

کویل noun (the bird)

Uzbek

2 entries

kakku noun (the bird)
kakkuqush noun (the bird)

Veps

1 entries

kägi noun (the bird)

Vietnamese

4 entries

chim cu noun (the bird)
cu cu noun (the bird)
cu cu noun (the sound)
cúc cu noun (the bird)

Volapük

1 entries

kukuk noun (the bird)

Võro

1 entries

kägo noun (the bird)

Walloon

1 entries

coucou noun (the bird)

Welsh

2 entries

cog noun (the bird)
cwcw noun (the bird)

West-Frisian

1 entries

koekoek noun (the bird)

Yakut

1 entries

кэҕэ noun (the bird)

Yiddish

1 entries

קוקו noun (the bird)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Have you ever seen a cuckoo?

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I think we're all a bit cuckoo.

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John has gone cuckoo.

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Are you going to buy yourself a cuckoo clock in the Black Forest, Tom? If so, leave enough room in your case.

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