Synonyms of ninny

ninny

noun

ˈni-nē 

1

as in lunatic

a person who lacks good sense or judgment

only a ninny would try to cross a swollen, raging river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lunatic
• fool
• goose
• idiot
• moron
• nut
• simpleton
• jackass
• simp
• booby
• nitwit
• dingbat
• charley
• cuckoo
• half-wit
• doofus
• nincompoop
• turkey
• monkey
• nutcase
• loser
• ninnyhammer
• mooncalf
• berk
• featherhead
• charlie
• ding-dong
• git
• nit
• dipstick
• daredevil
• dummy
• imbecile
• know-nothing
• dolt
• ignoramus
• numbskull
• donkey
• ding-a-ling
• madman
• dunce
• madwoman
• blockhead
• knucklehead
• yo-yo
• goon
• airhead
• pinhead
• numskull
• dork
• scatterbrain
• dope
• schnook
• gander
• weirdo
• character
• schlub
• chump
• shlub
• kook
• birdbrain
• butt
• dodo
• fathead
• laughingstock
• codger
• dumbbell
• schlemiel
• dupe
• schlump
• shlemiel
• stock
• screwball
• mockery
• featherbrain
• crackpot
• oddball
• crank
• crackbrain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brain
• sage
• genius
• thinker

2

as in idiot

a stupid person

was such a ninny that he kept forgetting my name, even though I was wearing a name tag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idiot
• moron
• stupid
• lunatic
• prat
• dummy
• imbecile
• know-nothing
• dolt
• mutt
• fool
• loser
• numbskull
• ignoramus
• dimwit
• dunce
• dullard
• blockhead
• loon
• oaf
• dunderhead
• simpleton
• donkey
• cretin
• knucklehead
• stupe
• airhead
• jackass
• goon
• chucklehead
• lunkhead
• bonehead
• natural
• pinhead
• numskull
• nitwit
• doofus
• bubblehead
• nincompoop
• goof
• hardhead
• dork
• dumbhead
• cluck
• jerk
• dummkopf
• ninnyhammer
• clown
• nimrod
• dum-dum
• dope
• dumb cluck
• gander
• schnook
• mome
• turkey
• noddy
• schlub
• yahoo
• meathead
• half-wit
• shlub
• golem
• villain
• ratbag
• noodle
• goose
• deadhead
• dip
• clunk
• hammerhead
• lamebrain
• chowderhead
• birdbrain
• dodo
• nit
• fathead
• saphead
• buffoon
• dumbbell
• loggerhead
• lump
• cuddy
• clodpole
• thickhead
• stock
• madman
• loony
• cuddie
• dim bulb
• woodenhead
• booby
• skunk
• clodpoll
• clot
• yo-yo
• nut
• zany
• boor
• creep
• snake
• scatterbrain
• cad
• mug
• gawk
• cur
• beast
• stinker
• heel
• churl
• featherbrain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• genius
• brain
• sage
• intellectual
• thinker
• intellect
• wizard
• whiz
• Renaissance man
• polymath
• sharpy
• sharpie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ninny

Jane Austen wrote takedowns of this kind of ninny two centuries ago — how fun to see Pike update her twit to the post-Y2K era. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024

Kopas, who wisely eschews hamming, makes Frank a spry, eloquent presence, although more dourness in the play’s initial scenes might help his character stand out from the salon’s cheerful ninnies. —Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 May 2023

Because some ninny has not read the user manual. —Sarah Barker, Outside Online, 19 Mar. 2021

Sure enough, the team at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, an organization that provides food to more than 700 pantries throughout the Chicago area, contacted me and said a conservative donor who thinks me quite the ninny had donated $10,000. —Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 16 Dec. 2021

This part of a snow bath is: Yas ninny' bee táádigis bil ádi didiilchil dóó ádaah nidinííldah, or rub your face and body with snow and dust it off. —Kiliii Yüyan, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2020

This Macbeth is something of a ninny, a lightweight who lounges on a throne that seems far too big for him. —Kyle Smith, National Review, 2 Nov. 2019

When this became public knowledge, Stephen Spender, Lasky’s deputy and more a ninny than a poet, resigned. —David Pryce-Jones, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019

But the story goes that mall proponents had to overcome three tremendous obstacles: the Great Depression, World War II, and the city’s anti-growth ninnies. —oregonlive.com, 1 Aug. 2019