Thesaurus / cuckoos
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synonyms for cuckoos
- bedlamite
- crazy person
- cuckoo
- dement
- loon
- looney
- lunatic
- madman
- madwoman
- maniac
- mental case
- nut
- nutcase
- oddball
- psychiatric patient
- psycho
- psychopath
- psychotic
- raver
- screwball
- maniac
- psychopath
- bedlamite
- cuckoo
- looney
- nut
- nutcase
- oddball
- psycho
- psychotic
- raver
- screwball
- crazyman
- crazy person
- deranged person
- insane man
- psychiatric patient
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On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cuckoos, such as: maniac, psychopath, psychotic, schizophrenic, crackpot, and crank.
How to use cuckoos in a sentence
In Guernsey, however, Cuckoos are much too numerous for the Hedgesparrow to afford accommodation for them all.
BIRDS OF GUERNSEY (1879)CECIL SMITHThe swallows, nightingales, and cuckoos were a fortnight after their usual time.
HONOR O'CALLAGHANMARY RUSSELL MITFORDSeveral times cuckoos have flown over this house, but just clearing the roof, and descending directly they were over to the copse.
THE HILLS AND THE VALERICHARD JEFFERIESCuckoos are supposed to winter in Africa, as they are seen twice a year in the island of Malta.
THE BOOK OF CURIOSITIESI. PLATTSThe third of the cuckoos which enlivens the hot weather in the plains is the Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus).
A BIRD CALENDAR FOR NORTHERN INDIADOUGLAS DEWARSome flocks, however, are still accompanied by impedimenta in the shape of young babblers or pied crested-cuckoos.
A BIRD CALENDAR FOR NORTHERN INDIADOUGLAS DEWARBut I never said that the modern villagers delighted in being called Mice or Cuckoos!
THE SECRET OF THE TOTEMANDREW LANGCuckoos are of quiet and retiring habits, but on account of their mournful notes are often regarded with awe by the superstitious.
BIRD GUIDE: LAND BIRDS EAST OF THE ROCKIESCHESTER A. (CHESTER ALBERT) REEDRhinortha, rī-nor′tha, n. a genus of cuckoos: a genus of hemipterous insects.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 3 OF 4: N-R)VARIOUSHow the cuckoos sang that summer; a note never heard in Italy.
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHYELIZABETH BUTLER