lubbers

noun

plural of lubber
1
as in hulks
a big clumsy often slow-witted person although he's something of a lubber, everyone agrees that he has a kind heart

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2
as in gawks
a clumsy, awkward person the two lubbers who came to deliver my furniture

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lubbers
  1. lumps
  2. dubs
  3. losers
  4. idiots
  5. morons
  6. skunks
  7. geese
  8. lunatics
Noun
  • Can turkey tail mushrooms shrink lipomas, the soft, fatty lumps that show up under the skin of countless aging dogs?
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026
  • Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of lumps
Noun
  • The four producers on the project were responsible for producing the full project — including the audio dubs across languages, the music and the score – over six weeks.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 23 June 2026
  • Kansas City played host to the Tahoe Knight Monsters and beat the visitors twice at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, adding two more dubs to the win column.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of dubs
Noun
  • Winners, losers, and the suppliers caught in between Rivals are catching on.
    — Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • That is a big risk investors take when trying to find the winners and losers within the biotech sector.
    — Jay Woods, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Definition of losers
Noun
  • Every fan base has idiots and every popular athlete attracts trolls.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • Colocousis said people who think scam victims like him are gullible idiots don’t understand the sophistication of criminal organizations behind online fraud.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Definition of idiots
Noun
  • There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
    — McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of morons
Noun
  • Rabies is often found in bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes, but any mammal can be infected.
    — Kelli Arseneau, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Deterring skunks comes down to removing hiding spots and food sources.
    — Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 1 July 2026
Definition of skunks
Noun
  • The birds most commonly affected are ducks, swans, geese, chickens and turkeys.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • The Geese Police will provide monthly reports documenting patrol times and the number of geese observed during each visit.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 20 June 2026
Definition of geese
Noun
  • The lunatics are running the asylum.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
  • Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Michael Cera, Will Arnett and other lunatics round out the cast.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Definition of lunatics
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