Nincompoop

Definition: Nincompoop

Nincompoop

Noun

1. A stupid foolish person.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "nincompoop" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references)

Note: Nincompoop \Nin"com*poop\, noun. [A corruption of non compos.]. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Nincompoop

Fool

Noun: fool, idiot, tomfool, wiseacre, simpleton, witling, dizzard, donkey, ass; ninny, ninnyhammer; chowderhead, chucklehead; dolt, booby, Tom Noddy, looby, hoddy-doddy, noddy, nonny, noodle, nizy, owl; goose, goosecap; imbecile; gaby; radoteur, nincompoop, badaud, zany; trifler, babbler; pretty fellow; natural, niais.

Ignoramus

Moron, imbecile, idiot; fool, jerk, nincompoop,moron, imbecile, idiot; fool, jerk, nincompoop, asshole.

Crosswords: Nincompoop

No N as in nincompoop, numbskull, nitwit (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

You are a seven-foot-tall nincompoop! (Hello, Dolly!; writing credit: Ernest Lehman; Michael Stewart)

What is a lamp you nincompoop, it's a Major Award (A Christmas Story; writing credit: Leigh Brown; Bob Clark)

Hot Lips, you incredible nincompoop! It's the end of the quarter (MASH; writing credit: Ring Lardner Jr.)

Nincompoop (1988)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

leshko (coot, dodo, dupe, gander, goon, goose, greener, greenhorn, gudgeon, gullibility, gullible, innocent, loon, lummox, mooncalf, muggins, mutt, ninny, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull, sap, sap-head, Sawney, simp, simpleton, tom-noddy), budalla (anserine, anserous, asinine, ass, blunderhead, booby, brainless, cabbage-head, chuckle-head, clod, cloddish, clod-poll, cockeyed, daft, dense, Dick, dim witted, dimwit, dumb, dumbbell, fathead, fool, gaby, gaga, goof, goofy, goon, Goosey, gowk, half wit, idiot, idle-headed, imbecile, jobbernowl, jolterhead, josser, juggins, loon, mindless, moke, muff, mutton head, mutton-headed, nerd, ninny, ninny-hammer, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull, nut, owl, pin head, pumpkin-head, sheep's head, silly, slow witted, softhead, soft-headed, softy, spoony, stupid, tomfool, tom-noddy, witless). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مغفل (dense, dolt, dullard, dumb, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fat-witted, fool, foolish, licentious, moronic, mutton-headed, ninny, nitwit, numskull, pointless, rubbishy, silly, simple, simple minded, simpleton, soft-headed, softy, stupid, thick-headed, weak-minded), ‏المغفل (boob, booby, daw, dullard, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, featherbrain, gaby, gander, gawk, idiot, jackass, lout, lunkhead, moron, mug, mugful, mutt, ninny, noodle, numskull, simpleton, sucker, zany), ‏الساذج (dupe, gaby, goose, gull, lamb, loon, mutt, ninny, pigeon, simpleton, villain, zany), ‏أخرق (awkward, bungling, clumsy, elephantine, gauche, gawky, impolitic, left handed, lubberly, lump, mad, maladroit, meaningless, oafish, ponderous, preposterous, senseless, shy, uncouth, ungainly, unhappy, wooden). (various references)

Bulgarian 

хапльо (poop, softy), мухльо (lemon, ninny, pip squeak, poop, sap, sap-head). (various references)

Czech

pitomeèek (noodle), blbeèek (natural, ninny, simpleton), òouma (dope). (various references)

Farsi 

ساده لوح (Credulous, Dupe, Mug, Oaf, Sawney, Simpleton, Sot), احمق (Asinine, Cockeyed, Cockscomb, Daft, Dense, Dopey, Dult, Fool, Gawky, Gosling, Hick, Inane, Loggerhead, Loony, Natural, Noodle, Sawney, Senseless, Simpleton, Sot, Spoony, Stupid, Sucker, Unmeaning). (various references)

French

serin (ninny), maladroit, gourde (ninny), cornichon (ninny). (various references)

German

trottel (blithering idiot, booby, clown, dolt, dope, dumbbell, idiot, jerk, lubbers, moron, mug, nana, ninny, oaf, rube, sap, schmuck, softies, sucker, twit, Wally, zombie), simpel (simple, simple minded, simpleton, simplistic, unsophisticated). (various references)

Greek 

κουτορνίθι (goose, ninny), βλάκασ (booby, chump, coot, dimwit, dolt, dope, duffer, gander, goof, goon, gudgeon, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, lummox, moron, mutt, noodle, oaf, simp, simpleton, slob, stupid, sucker, tomfool, zany), μπουχτίζω (cloy, satiate), χαζόσ (muggins, ninny, nitwit, nitwitted, rubberneck, simp, simperer, simpleton, soft-headed, stupid, twit, witless). (various references)

Hungarian

tökfilkó (blockhead, blunderhead, cabbage-head, chuckle, dimwit, dolt, dunce, gaby, goof, goon, goop, jobbernowl, jolterhead, loggerhead, loghead, lunkhead, mutt, mutton head, mutton-headed, ninny, nitwit, noodle, numb-skull, numskull, sap, silly billy, simp, simple sammy, softy, tom-noddy), tökfejű ember, szamár ember (jackass), együgyű ember (geese, goose, jay, ninny, noddy). (various references)

Italian

sempliciotto (Cully, gaby, muggins, simple simon, simpleton), sciocco (addled, booby, daffy, daft, doltish, featherbrain, fool, foolish, goofy, Gotham, inane, Looby, loon, ludicrous, nitwit, noodle, sap, silly, simper, soppy, spoony, stupid), gonzo (dupe, Looby, mug, ninny, noddy, noodle). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

表六玉 (simpleton), 兵六玉 (simpleton). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひょうろく� ま (simpleton). (various references)

Manx

lutchynagh (blunderer, blunderhead, blundering, booby, bovine, bungler, bungling, dope, ninny). (various references)

Pig Latin

incompoopnay.(various references)

Portuguese

tolo (addle-brained, addled, corny, cuddy, daft, dull, finical, fool, foolish, gaby, goat, gowk, gull, hard-hearted, inept, insane, insensate, looby, loony, mad, madman, naïve, ninny, ninny-hammer, nitwit, pigeon, pumpkin-head, screwy, silly, simpleton, softhead, softy, spoon, spoony, stock, stupe, stupid, tomfool, tom-noddy, vacuous, wacky, witless), simplório (calvish, cuddy, cully, dotterel, gaby, gander, goose, juggins, lummox, muggins, mutt, natural, ninny, ninny-hammer, noddy, noodle, oaf, pigeon, prodigy, sawney, simp, simple, simple-minded, simpleton, soft, softhead, softy, spoon, spoony, sucker, weak, woodcock, zany), pateta (batty, booby, calf, chuckle-head, chump, clod-poll, coot, cracky, crazy, cuddy, daft, dolt, doodle, driveller, dumb, dupe, fanny, fat-head, fool, gander, gawk, goof, goofy, goose, idiot, jackanapes, jay, jolterhead, josser, juggins, know-nothing, loggerhead, looby, lubber-head, lummox, mooncalf, mutt, mutton-headed, natural, ninny, ninny-hammer, nitwitted, noddy, noodle, numskull, oaf, poop, prodigy, pudding-head, rattle-brained, rattle-headed, sawney, silly, simp, simpleton, slob, softhead, softy, spoony, stupid, sucker, tomfool, tom-noddy, zany), palerma (batty, chuckle, dolt, gawky, goof, hawbuck, log, loggerhead, lummox, mope, noddy). (various references)

Romanian

prost (ass, bad, badly, beef-witted, blinkard, blockhead, blunt, booby, calf, cheap, clumsy, cock eyed, common, dead, dolt, doltish, donkey, dull, dullard, dumb, dunce, dunderhead, flat, fool, foolish, good for nothing, goof, goon, goose, Goosey, gull, harmful, idiot, idiotish, inhospitable, lousy, lubber-head, miserable, ninny, nitwit, nitwitted, noddy, noodle, numskull, numskulled, oaf, oafish, pin head, poor, poorly, silly, simple, simpleton, snipe, soft, soft-headed, sorry, spoony, stupid, thoughtless, unfavorable, unfavourable, wretched, zombie), imbecil (fool, half-witted, idiot, idiotic, idiotical, imbecile, moron, soft-headed, witless, wooden-headed), idiot (cretinous, fool, half wit, idiot, idiotic, idiotical, idiotically, lunkhead, mooncalf, mutt, numskull, piffling, senseless, soft, stick, stupid). (various references)

Russian 

простофиля (calf, dotterel, dupe, ninny, nitwit, patsy, Sawney, simp). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sakaluda, glupan (blockhead, bonehead, boob, booby, clod-poll, coot, dimwit, dope, driveler, driveller, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, fat-head, gander, goof, jerk, loon, lout, lug, lummox, lunkhead, mutton head, nerd, ninny, ninny-hammer, nitwit, noddy, pin head, pinhead, pumpkin-head, thickhead, tomfool, twit), budala (bullhead, cockeye, cuckoo, dolt, dumdum, fool, gaby, gawk, half wit, jackass, josser, ninny, ninny-hammer, sap, tomfool), šušumiga. (various references)

Spanish

turulato, papirote, bobo (asinine, boob, booby, crazy, daft, dolt, dumbbell, dunce, fool, foolish, gawk, goof, half wit, half-witted, idiot, idiotic, imbecile, juggins, lemon, loony, loose, lummox, mug, mutt, ninny, ninny-hammer, noddy, noodle, numbhead, oafish, sap, saphead, silly, simple simon, soft-headed, soppy, stupid, stupide, sucker, wet, yo-yo). (various references)

Swedish

tjockskalle (clodpoll, fathead, thickhead). (various references)

Thai

คนโง่ (apeth, berk, birdbrain, bozo, chucklehead, chump, clod, clodpole, div, doughnut, dove, dummy, dunce, featherbrain, fool, half-wit, ignoramus, loon, muddlehead, mug, muggins, muppet, mut, nerd, nit, noddy, oaf, schlepp, silly, simp, simple, simpleton, thicko). (various references)

Turkish

sersem (addle-brained, addle-headed, addle-pated, clod, dizzy, dope, dozy, dull, dullard, foggy, foolish, giddy, gunsel, happy, light-headed, muddleheaded, muzzy, ninny, nitwit, oaf, oafish, opaque, scatterbrain, scatterbrained, scatty, sheepish, silly, slob, stupid, woozy), avanak (clot, cluck, fool, gullible, ninny, rube, sap, simpleton), alık (booby, chump, dimwitted, dolt, gunsel, scatterbrained, scatty, simpleton, wooden). (various references)

Ukrainian

тютя (gawky, namby-pamby, ninny), йолоп (banana-head, blunderbuss, boob, calf, caravan, chuckle-head, clod, clot, dimwit, fathead, gawk, loggerhead, mutt, nitwit, noodle, numskull, poop, saphead, zany), легкодуха людина (milksop), дурник (half wit, natural, ninny, oaf, omadhaun, pot-head, silly). (various references)

Vietnamese 

người ngốc nghếch (cabbage-head, dunderhead, goosey, half-wit, jolterhead, numbskull, numskull, rattle-brain), người khờ dại (babe, blunderhead, boob, fool, gaby, goosey, greenhorn, half-wit, imbecile, juggins, rattle-brain, scapegrace, sheep's-head, silly, spooney, spoony). (various references)

Welsh

ffwlcyn (fool, ninny). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "nincompoop": nincompooperies, nincompoopery, nincompoops. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Nincompoop" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nincompop, noncompoop. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-4 letters: noncom, pompon.

-5 letters: compo, conin, nomoi, onion, pinon.

+1 letter: nincompoops.

+3 letters: nincompoopery.

+5 letters: nincompooperies.