looby

noun

ˈlü-bē How to pronounce looby (audio)
Definition of loobynext
as in lubber
a clumsy, awkward person although he was a looby physically, he was a towering figure in mathematics

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for looby
  1. lubber
  2. lummox
  3. gawk
  4. dub
  5. klutz
  6. lump
Noun
  • One of the synthetic pyrethroids could also help control the young lubber grasshoppers.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Unlike other grasshopper species which are winged and agile, the lubber can't fly.
    — Adriana Brasileiro, orlandosentinel.com, 19 July 2019
Definition of lubber
Noun
  • There’s married mom of six Angela (Alexandra Melrose), who needs a break from the double-wide trailer and her lummox spouse.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Max is still living happily in New York City with his owner, Katie (Ellie Kemper), and his lummox of a best friend Duke (Eric Stonestreet).
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 6 June 2019
Definition of lummox
Noun
  • Carrie raves to Seema about her creative connection with Duncan, and during another writing session, Duncan helps Carrie with her faulty printer and gawks at her closet full of designer dresses and shoes.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 31 July 2025
  • The badaud, by contrast, is always liable to form a group or crowd, either for a mass gawk or some communal response.
    — Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
Definition of gawk
Noun
  • At moments in the song, Minogue pitches the word down, a cavernous yawn resounding far from the lub-dub of forever.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
  • Track seven swathes a nervous dub rhythm in cottony pads and opulent harps; track eight takes us out on an uncharacteristically beatless swirl, like a tide pool full of sea anemones.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026
Definition of dub
Noun
  • Like Lerner’s previous protagonists, the narrator is something of an intellectual klutz, at once Chekhov and Chaplin.
    — Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Leslie played along, pretending to be a klutz who liked being harshed by a pre-school kid.
    — Noor Hassan, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Definition of klutz
Noun
  • The advertised jackpot is enormous, but after the lump-sum haircut, taxes and fees, the take‑home number is much lower.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • His nearly fatal ordeal began when a seemingly harmless lump on his cheek continued to grow.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of lump
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“Looby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looby. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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