NODDY Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

noddy

noun

ˈnä-dē

Definition of noddy

as in idiot

a stupid person which one of you noddies put an empty milk carton back in the fridge?

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Recent Examples of noddy The bird reserve is home to four species of pelagic seabirds—the greater crested tern, lesser crested tern, sooty tern, and the brown noddy. — K A Shaji, Quartz India, 5 May 2020 The atoll is a nature sanctuary that lures bird watchers (for parrots and seabirds like the great frigate and noddy) as well as snorkelers and divers that come to see colorful parrotfish, blacktip sharks, bonefish, and nesting turtles. — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026

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Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 June 2026
Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.

— Colm Tóibín, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026

Definition of moron

Noun

There are big box store flash mobs, horses, prat falls and, of course, lots and lots of screaming.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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

Definition of prat

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Beating one defender with a dummy, Belghali slalomed infield before beating Alexander Schlager with a high near-post finish, rifled into the Austria net.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 June 2026
The current dummy, dating back in part to 2001, is constructed from 116 rubber discs connected by steel parts all held together by a frame of wires and supported overhead by a separate metal structure.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 18 June 2026

Definition of dummy

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