SCHMUCK Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

schmuck

noun

ˈshmək

Definition of schmuck

slang

as in bastard

a person whose behavior is offensive to others don't be a schmuck and create an embarrassing scene in public

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Recent Examples of schmuck Now, any schmuck can prompt their way to being the next Hideo Kojima or Sam Lake. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 18 Feb. 2026 Was Kiritsis a narcissistic madman or a schmuck who’d put too much trust in the American ideals of hard work and fair treatment? — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026 But some schmuck producer somewhere out there in Hollywood doesn't agree, and hopefully some internet sleuths will figure out who the person is and shame them. — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025 There are dozens upon dozens of memorable eccentrics, delusional antiheroes, blustery authority figures, sad sacks, screw-ups and all-too-lovable schmucks that populate the 12 feature films and handful of shorts directed by Wes Anderson. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for schmuck

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Noun

In Show Must Go On, the comedian embraces his own compassion by pretending to be a jerk.

— Britina Cheng, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
That screwed up the works / And not due to his sloppy hiring / Of a crew of incompetent jerks.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

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There’s deeply brutal local lore, endless cornfields and teenagers trying to escape a killer clown.

— Alaina Urquhart, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026
An Illinois teen has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly committing a deadly stabbing attack while dressed in a clown outfit.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of clown

Noun

The jokers Toth and Jackson, bless them, keep things endearing and funny.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
At some point, all these jokers need to sit down and stop auditioning for attention long enough to actually do the jobs they were elected or appointed to do.

— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of joker

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