feeb

Examples

• All

• She pulls a 12-hour shift at Jimmy's Diner, working five till five, and then she goes and cooks and cleans for an old feeb in a wheelchair to earn extra money for her crazy costumes.

  Shall We Dance? (2004)

• I can't believe you fell for that trick; you really are a feeb sometimes.

• Without the coffee, I was a feeb.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Get out of here, Phoebe the feeb!

  The Monster Squad (1987)

• A thief and two feebs.

  Stand by Me (1986)

• As pessimistic as I am about journalism, I find it hard to believe it's populated with that many feebs.

  Blog text (3)

• It's too small-time for you big-shot feebs.

  Air Collision (2012)

• He's off building some kind of shrine to Lady Claire, and I'm the feeb who's been sent here to fetch her.

  Snow Day (2000)

• The group dismissed his idea as nonsense, calling him a complete feeb.

Synonyms

F

fool

vsfeeb

• Offensive

∞ 1.4

A person who makes poor decisions and is easily tricked

adds slang tone and a sense of weakness to simple foolishness

S

sucker

vsfeeb

• Offensive

246 7.0

A person who is easily tricked

also suggests personal weakness or general foolishness beyond deceit

B

boob

vsfeeb

• Offensive

19 8.4

A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way

is slang and often points to being easily deceived too

G

gomer

vsfeeb

• Offensive

14 9.9

A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh

includes being deceived as well as being foolish or weak

D

dupe

vsfeeb

• Offensive

13 7.0

A person who is easily tricked into believing false things

is broader, covering weakness, foolishness, and being deceived

E

easy mark

vsfeeb

• Offensive

11 7.1

A person others can easily trick or cheat

is similar but also implies the person is weak or silly

M

mug

vsfeeb

• Offensive

9 8.2

A person who is easily tricked or cheated

adds extra sense of weakness or general foolishness beyond gullibility

H

hoser

vsfeeb

• Offensive

4 9.9

A person who behaves foolishly and cannot be trusted

focuses more on gullibility and personal weakness than unreliability

S

simp

vsfeeb

• Offensive

3 9.1

A person who is easily fooled and trusts others too much

is more about being weak or foolish as well as gullible

S

sucka

vsfeeb

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who is easily tricked or fooled

is slang too but adds a sense of weakness or foolishness

G

gump

vsfeeb

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who is foolish and easily tricked

shares slang tone but also highlights physical or mental weakness

U

Uncle Sucker

vsfeeb

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who trusts others and falls for tricks easily

is slang with added notion of being weak or foolish

B

blubberhead

vsfeeb

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who behaves in a foolish way

adds the idea of being weak or easily deceived beyond silliness

G

gaby

vsfeeb

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who trusts others too easily and gets tricked

is slang and also stresses weakness as well as naivety

H

hoople

vsfeeb

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who is easily tricked and believes things without checking

is more general slang including weakness and foolishness

S

scissorbill

vsfeeb

• Offensive

1 9.9

A foolish person who is easily tricked

is broader slang implying weakness and general lack of sense

G

gudge

vsfeeb

• Offensive

1 9.9

An old word for a person who is easily tricked

is current slang and adds a notion of personal weakness

B

benet

vsfeeb

• Offensive

9.9

A person who is simple and easily fooled

is modern slang that also suggests weakness and gullibility

Surface Forms

Etymology