Oaf

/oʊf/

Synonyms for "oaf" (98 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Noun(5 words)

babe baboon barbarian beast blockhead blunderbuss blunderer blunderhead boob booby boor botcher bruiser brute bull

Strong matches (29)

bumbler bumpkin bungler childchild of naturechump clod clodhopper clodknocker clot clown dolt dolthead dove dub duffer dupe fathead fumbler galoot

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gaum gawk gawky

Noun(5 words)

clodhoppers fool galoot gawk giant

Verb(1 words)

gawks

Related words (49)

goof gorilla gowk hayseed hick hulk infant ingenue innocent klutz lamb lobster looby lout lubber lug lummox lump lunkhead meathead

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mere childmissing linknaifnoble savageox palooka peasant rube rusticsimple soulslob slouch slubberer unsophisticate yokel zombie

Noun(13 words)

goon humphrey idiot imbecile klutz lubber lubbers lummox lummoxes lump moron stumblebumunskilled person

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5 relation types

More general

2 entries

clumsy personperson

More specific

4 entries

giant oafmassive oafschoolyard oafworkplace oaf

Collocations

6 entries

awkward oafbig oafclumsy oafgoofy oaflumbering oafsocial oaf

Inflections

1 entries

oafs

Derivations

3 entries

oafish oafishly oafishness

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Never would an oaf, whatever he may do, be considered a gentleman.

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You stupid oaf.

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Don't be an oaf.

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That oaf has no manners, always interrupting.

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