Lubber — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Lubber (noun) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. a big clumsy often slow-witted person

   "although he's something of a lubber, everyone agrees that he has a kind heart"

   similar: clod, clodhopper, gawk, hulk, lout, lug, lump, Neanderthal, oaf, palooka
   related: chump, loser, schlemiel, turkey, slouch, airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, blunderer, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll, clot (British), cluck, clunk, cuddy (British dialect), deadhead, dim bulb (slang), dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus (slang), dope, dork (slang), dullard, dumbbell, dumbhead, dum-dum, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, galoot (slang), gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead (chiefly dialect), loon, lunkhead, meathead, mome (archaic), moron, mug (chiefly British), mutt, nimrod (slang), nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit (chiefly British), nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull, pinhead, prat (British), ratbag (chiefly Australian), saphead, schlub (slang), schnook (slang), simp, simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo, anthropoid, ape, beast, boor, brute, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, louse, skunk, snake, stinker, tyke (chiefly British), villain, booby, fool, goose, loony, madman, nut, featherbrain, scatterbrain, rascal, rogue, scamp
   near: brain, brainiac, genius, intellectual, sage, thinker, whiz, wizard

2. a clumsy, awkward person

   "the two lubbers who came to deliver my furniture"

   similar: butterfingers, dub, klutz, looby, lummox
   related: clodhopper, gawk, gawky, lout, lump, oaf, tawpie (chiefly Scottish), tyke (chiefly British), bungler, duffer, fumbler, stumblebum, stumbler