Synonyms of prat

prat

noun

ˈprat 

British

as in idiot

a stupid person

I need competent people for this job, and all they send me are prats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idiot
• moron
• stupid
• fool
• dolt
• ignoramus
• loser
• dullard
• imbecile
• dummy
• dunce
• mutt
• dunderhead
• oaf
• know-nothing
• blockhead
• cretin
• dimwit
• jackass
• simpleton
• loon
• stupe
• jerk
• ninny
• donkey
• dumbhead
• numskull
• bonehead
• lunkhead
• knucklehead
• goof
• doofus
• airhead
• chucklehead
• pinhead
• goon
• dummkopf
• dork
• ratbag
• noddy
• schnook
• nincompoop
• half-wit
• hardhead
• nitwit
• golem
• bubblehead
• nimrod
• fathead
• dope
• cluck
• meathead
• schlub
• clunk
• dum-dum
• dumb cluck
• deadhead
• dumbbell
• hammerhead
• turkey
• gander
• chowderhead
• birdbrain
• lamebrain
• dodo
• buffoon
• ninnyhammer
• saphead
• yahoo
• nit
• dip
• noodle
• cuddy
• lump
• clown
• mome
• goose
• loggerhead
• thickhead
• dim bulb
• stock
• woodenhead
• villain
• loony
• clodpoll
• madman
• clot
• booby
• skunk
• yo-yo
• boor
• nut
• mug
• scatterbrain
• creep
• snake
• zany
• cad
• heel
• stinker
• beast
• gawk
• cur
• churl
• featherbrain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brain
• genius
• thinker
• sage
• intellect
• wizard
• intellectual
• whiz
• polymath
• Renaissance man
• sharpie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prat

There are big box store flash mobs, horses, prat falls and, of course, lots and lots of screaming. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026

At times Javed’s insistence on reciting lyrics to other people becomes irritating (his girlfriend, a white anti-Thatcher campaigner who did not feature in the book, tells him off for being a prat). — J.t., The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019

Maybe at a Ferrari Club meeting with all the other prats in hats. — Dan Neil, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2018

So, enter me, a twenty-something who hopes to go from prat to prim over the course of a two-hour lunch, via Meier's social and dining course. — Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 15 Dec. 2017