BABBITTS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

Babbitts

noun

plural of Babbitt

as in boors

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Noun

We’d be laughed at and called ignorant boors!

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026

Definition of boors

Noun

Lee and his Burning co-writer Oh Jung-mi resist what might have been the first instinct of many filmmakers by refusing to make Ye-ji and Sang-woo overly patronizing rich jerks.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
The Ars OpenForum is a place for readers to ask questions, compare notes, argue (without being jerks to each other), and go down all sorts of rabbit holes.

— Eric Bangeman, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of jerks

Noun

Many Orlando-area homes feature skeletons that tower over the neighborhood, witchy covens, horror movie icons, clowns, pirate ships, pumpkins, zombies and vampires.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Friday, Edith, and the maintenance bots are sometimes goofy comic-relief clowns.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of clowns

Noun

As summer wraps up and fall creeps in, the sharks return south.

— Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026
Treasury yields are at their highest since 2007, and as oil creeps higher on the Iran standoff, investors find themselves in yet another guessing game.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of creeps

Noun

Michigan fans now get to live with that era of show cause penalties, and scumbags being run out of college football.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Matt Lucas and Marina Prior’s Thénardiers are boisterous and charming — more amiable sleazes than menacing scumbags, if that tracks.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 July 2026

Definition of scumbags

Noun

One of the earliest signs that the new Supergirl will be an uninspired slog is the overload of blobby alien dirtbags, grotesque creatures that look like they were refused admission to the Mos Eisley Cantina in the original Star Wars movie.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
Because right now, being loudmouth dirtbags might just be the only thing this team has going for it.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of dirtbags

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