Synonyms of schlemiel

schlemiel

noun

variants also shlemiel

as in loser

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brain
• genius
• thinker
• sage
• intellectual
• wizard
• whiz
• brainiac

Examples of schlemiel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

He, the promising artist who died young, and I, the schlemiel who shovels out several hundred dollars a month to the storage company to house his artworks. —Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023

Sanderson seems to me like an opportunist with an appetite for attention, or at the very least a schlemiel, possibly a little vain. —Mireille Silcoff, New York Times, 2 May 2023

That poor schlemiel completely missed the point that Tim didn’t create the World Wide Web. —Gil Press, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023

On Instagram, Gellar posted a screencap of her titular Slayer meeting Pascal’s Eddie, a hapless schlemiel who — like Buffy herself — is having trouble adjusting to college life at UC Sunnydale. —Vulture, 1 Mar. 2023

Superman was the ultimate hero, but Clark Kent was a schlemiel. —David Mamet, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022

Like Woyzeck himself, Heather Chrisler's Helen hovers between antihero and schlemiel. —Chicago Reader, 23 Aug. 2017