BABBITT Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

Babbitt

noun

Definition of Babbitt

as in jerk

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Noun

The latter accidentally does happen, which leads to power struggles between the bigoted jerk and our trio of heroines.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Duffy, for his part, came across as a real jerk at times, but surprisingly charming at others, with a half-nerd, half-jock mien—sweepy hair, big glasses, a megawatt smile—that put me in mind of a Wisconsin Sam Seaborn.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of jerk

Noun

In the ad, Hansen reportedly speaks directly to the audience and tells them to visit TruBlu, his streaming service featuring true-crime shows about scams and creeps.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Deep underground salt behaves like a slow-moving plastic under the weight of the earth (salt creep).

— Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of creep

Noun

So our hero’s a delightful cad, and then his own missiles explode him toward tin-man redemption.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Rota’s gorgeous score swells sweetly as this affair is sketched, but Mario — older and wiser, to quote the Rodgers and Hammerstein song — has his doubts about a man who seems to him like a cad.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of cad

Noun

And Cronenworth, fouling off pitches against lefty Aaron Ashby, did well to stave off a strikeout before hitting a soft bounder to first baseman Jake Bauers.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
His first option was to LaMelo Ball, who was assigned to run past a flare screen away from the in-bounder.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026

Definition of bounder

Noun

This arrangement worked well until the vine-killing louse made its way from Bordeaux to Rioja and destroyed the vineyards there, which upended the region’s industry for decades.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
Soaking in the warm water may disrupt louse activity or egg placement within their fur.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026

Definition of louse

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But my favorite Tim Curry performance will always be Pennywise, the clown in Tommy Lee Wallace’s 1990 miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s It, which, compared to Andy Muschietti’s mega popular pair of films, is modest, even a little lame.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
Curry, who died Tuesday at 80, made a gleefully evil turn as a clown that sparked nightmares for legions of Gen X and millennial viewers that continue to haunt to this day.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of clown

Noun

Emiliano Martinez has made being a performative rotter his unique selling point.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026
As Beau, Brake is tall and gaunt, with burning eyes, a rotter who looks like Steve Buscemi crossed with David Byrne crossed with a human rattlesnake who’s a lifelong junkie.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 May 2024

Definition of rotter

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