WORDS TO DESCRIBE A PERSON Flashcards
SIMPLETON
(syn.) ‘IMBECILE, PUTZ
A person without the usual ability to use reason and understand
MUGGLE
A person who does not have a particular type of skill or knowledge
SAVANT
A person with a high level of knowledge or skill, especially someone who is less able in other ways:
GROUCH
A person who often complains
(v) complain in an angry way
ALARMIST
someone who is considered to be exaggerating a danger and so causing needless worry or panic
VIXEN
A female fox, an unpleasant, ill-tempered woman
MUTT
a person who behaves in a silly or careless way
ANTIPODEAN
a person from Australia or New Zealand
BLISTER
Annoying person
BIZ’NATCH
Unpleasant person
BRUTE
A rough and sometimes violent man
BUZZKILL
A person or thing that spoils the mood or the pleasure of others
CLERGY PERSON
Religious officials
CONCUBINE
A woman who, in some societies, lives and has sex with a man she is not married to, and has a lower social rank than his wife or wives
CHAPERONE
Older woman who stays and takes care of younger woman
CHARLATAN
A person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that they don’t have, esp in medicine
CONTENDER
Someone who competes with other people to try to win sth
CONTRARIAN
A person who takes a contrary position or attitude
CRUSADER
Someone who makes a determined effort to achieve or stop sth bc of their strong beliefs
CULPRIT
A person who’s responsible for a crime or misdeed
DEPUTY
A person who is given the power to do sth instead of another person, or the person whose rank is immediately below that of the leader of an org
DESCIPLE
A person who believes in the ideas and principles of someone famous and tries to live the way that person does or did
DISSIDENT
A person who publicly disagrees with & criticizes their gov
EPITOME
A person / thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type
EUNUCH
A man who has had his testicles removed
FANATIC
A person who is extremely interested in sth, to a degree that some people find unreasonable
GLOBETROTTER
someone who travels regularly to different parts of the world
FIGUREHEAD
Leader without real power
FLIGHTY
(woman) not responsible, likely to change jobs, bfs, activities
FLIMSY
Easily damaged
FUGITITIVE
A person who is running away or hiding from the police or a dangerous situation
GEEZER
A man often old or unusual in some way
GOON
Violent criminal who’s paid to hurt or threaten people
Silly, stupid person
HENCHMAN
Someone who does unpleasant of illegal things for a powerful person
IMBECILE
A stupid person
INTERLOPER
Someone who becomes involved in an activity without being asked or enter a place without permission
KOOK
Mad eccentric person
LATCHKEY KID
Children who are regular left without adult supervision
LAYMAN
Someone who is part of a religious or org but who is not paid or specially trained
LUMBERJACK
A person whose job is to cut down trees to be used in building and industry
LAUREATE
A person who has been given a very high honor bc of their ability in a subject of study
CROONER
A singer, especially a man who sings jazz standards
MATADOR
A man who fights and kills bulls
MOBSTER
gangster
MOGUL
An important or powerful person, esp in motion picture or media industry
ONLOOKER
Someone who watches sth that is happening in a public place but is not involved in it
ORACLE
A female priest who gave people wise but often mysterious advice from a god, or the advice given
Someone who knows a lot about a subject and can give good advice
ORTHODONICS
The job or activity of correcting the position of teeth and dealing with and preventing problems of the teeth
PAGAN PERSON
A person who worships many gods or the earth or nature
A person who’s old fashioned + often offensive
PASTORAL NOMADS
People who move periodically and depend on domesticated livestock
POISE
People with poise can handle pressure without showing it
PIKER
The person who avoids getting into difficult or dangerous situations
A gambler Who makes only small bets
PUNDIT
A person who knows a lot about a particular subject and is therefore often asked to give an opinion about it
PUNK
Young person who behaves in a rude, aggressive or violent way
PUGILIST
A boxer or fighter
PUTZ
A fool, worthless person
RANDO
Socially engage in inappropriate behaviour
REACTIONARY
People who opposing politicial or social liberalization or reform
‘RECLUSE
A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people
REFLEXIVE
The person who does the action is also the person who is affected by it
SCHMUCK
Stupid silly person
SECRETARY OF TREASURY
Acts as a principal advisor to the President and the Cabinet on economic issues
GENTILE
A person who is not a Jew
WIMP
a weak and cowardly or unadventurous person
SENATOR
A politician who has been elected to a senate
SCROOGE
Someone who spends a little money as possible and is not generous
SHAMANS
A person regarded as having access to, and influence in the world of good and evil spirits, esp among some peoples of N. Asia and NA
SKINHEAD
Young man of a subculture characterized by close-cropped hair and heavy boots, perceived as aggressive
SLUGGER
A person who throws hard punches
A player who consistently hits for power
STICKLER FOR
A person who insists on a certain quality or type of behavior
STUD
A man who is considered to be attractive and skilled sexually
FREE-‘LOADER
(n)
A person who takes advantage of others’ generosity without returning favors
BUTCH
(of a woman) looking or behaving like a man
(of a man) being very strong with big muscles, and behaving in a traditionally male way
SCHMUCK
Stupid silly person
SU-PER-‘FI-CIAL
(of a person) never thinking about things that are serious or important
‘MI-LI-TANT
People who believe in something very strongly and are active in trying to bring about political or social change, often in extreme ways that other people find unacceptable
‘TEE-TO-TA-LER
ˈtēˌtōdlər
A person who never drinks alcohol
SMART-ASS
Someone who is always trying to seem more intelligent than other people in a way that is annoying
‘UM-PIRE
ˈʌm.paɪr
A person who is present at a sports competition in order to make certain that the rules of that particular game are obeyed and to judge if particular actions are acceptable
‘VER-MIN
ˈvɝː.mɪn
An offensive word for people who are unpleasant in harmful to society
VI-GI-‘LAN-TE
A person or a group of people who tries to prevent crime without being officialy recognized
WENCH
A young woman
‘WAC-KA-DOO-DLE
Crazy or eccentric kind of person
‘WHIP-PER-SNAP-PER
Young inexperienced person who presumptuous or overconfident
BIONIC
Used to refer to a person who has greater powers of strength, speed, etc. than seem to be possible for a human
TWINK
A gay man who is young, slim, and looks like a boy
BEERKEEP
BARTENDER
prevent something bad from affecting you for a period of time
‘STEL-LAR
Stellar people or activities are of an extremely high standard
VIR-TU-‘O-SO
ˌvɝː.tʃuˈoʊ.soʊ
A person who is extremely skilled at something, especially at playing an instrument or performing
SLOB
A lazy, untidy, and often rude person
CON-‘QUIS-TA-DOR
kɑːnˈkiː.stə.dɔːr
One of the Spanish people who travelled to America in the 16th century and took control of Mexico and Peru
CEN-‘TU-RI-ON
An officer in the army of ancient Rome who was responsible for 100 soldiers
BOZO
A stupid or foolish person
GEEZER
A man, often old or unusual in some way
CRACKPOT
a person who is silly or stupid
a crazy or strange person
DAMSEL
A young, unmarried woman
PESCATARIAN
Someone who don’t eat read meat and poultry, but fish and seafood
SPAZ
Extremely clumsy person
Offensive insult - people with cerebral palsy
‘PHI-LIS-TINE
People who deny to see the beauty of art and culture
‘PRO-VOST
the senior admisitrative officer in charge of universities or colleges
SCAPEGOAT
a person who is blamed for sth that someone else has done
SPENDTHRIFT
someone who spends lots of money in a way that wastes it
DYKE
Lesbo
ORATOR
Public speaker, or someone who’s good at it
RACKETEER
Someone who makes money from illegal activities such as threatening people or selling worthless, immoral, or illegal goods or services
SWINE
A person who you consider to be extremely unpleasant and unkind
TWAT
A stupid or obnoxious person
DANDY
A man who dressed expensive, fashionably and interested in his own appearance
INGRATE
an ungrateful person
PATHOLOGIST
an expert in studying diseases, esp by dissecting dead bodies to study
HY-PO-‘CHON-DRI-AC
A person who continuously worries about their health without having areason to do so
DOMINATRIX
the female partner who has control over the opposite sexual partner
ACOLYTE
who assists clergy or liturgical services by performing minor duties
MISCREANT
Someone who behaves badly or doesn’t obey the rules
ZEALOT
A person who has a strong opninions about sth and also expects someone to have the same too
SKEEZY
Used to describe a man being strange and unpleasant
FULL-STACK ENGINEER
Engineer who’s in chaarge of BOH + FOH programming - design - test - implement
APOSTLE
People who support particular belief or political movements
BARRISTER
lawyer who gives specilized legal advice and can argue a case in both higher and lower court
SOLICITOR
lawyer who prepares cases and give advice on legal subjects and can represent people in lower court
COMMISSARY
a gov official with particular responsibility
AMISH
a Christian religious group that lives in a traditional way in many rural areas eastern US
BAILIFF
An official who confisticate properties of someone who can’t pay their debt
DEPUTY
A person who is given the power temporarily while the leader’s away
POD BOSS
Most powerful inmate in jail
POLYGLOT
Multilinguistic speaker
SMACKHEAD
a heroine addict
MAESTRO
a man who’s skilled at playing and producing music
SULTAN
a ruler in mulism countries
BUXOM
healthy looking woman, with large breasts and good amount of fat
CRANK CALLER
someone makes unpleasant calls to people they don’t know
STICKLER
a person who thinks a particular behavior is important and always try to follow it
RECLUSE
a person who lives alone and avoid going out or talkin to people
HUSSY
a rude word for a woman who’s thought to be promiscuous
GOOFBALL
silly, naive person
SLEAZEBAG
a person who has low standards of honesty or morals
LAYMAN / LAYPERSON
a person who is not trained or without detailed knowlege of a subject
PAUPER
a brokie
BUFFOON
a clown
** SCIOLIST**
A person who pretends to be knowledgeable and well informed
** SCIOLIST**
A person who pretends to be knowledgeable and well informed
REACTIONARY
A person who is opposed to poli and socio changes / radical changes
REACTIONARY
A person who is opposed to poli and socio changes / radical changes
IDEOLOGUE
A person who believes very strongly in particular principles and tries to follow them carefully
FLIBBETIGIBBET
A silly, talking too much person
JESTER
A medieval comedian clown
PUTTY (IN ONE’S HAND)
A person who easily influenced or persuaded
CELIBATE
an unmarried person
LEECH
A person who gives attention to someone over a long period to get their money or support
BONEHEAD
An indiot
BIMBO
a young attractive woman but not intelligent
EXPAT
someone who does not live in their own country
EQUESTRIAN
A professional horse rider
CONVALESCENT
recovering from illness or injuries
CONVALESCENT
patients who recovers from illness or injury
HIGHFLYER
Someone who has a lot of ability and a strong wish to be successful and is therefore expected to achieve a lot
MEGALOMANIA
someone who has a greed of power and control
PRODIGAL
someone who tend to splurge without thinking
‘HARBINGER
a person or thing that shows that sth is going to happen soon
DANDY
a man, esp in the past, who dressed in expensive, fashionable clothes, and very interested in his own appearance
LITE’RATI
people with a good education who know a lot about literature
DIS’CIPLE
a person who believes in the ideas and principles of someone famous and tries to live the way that person does or did
HUMDINGER
Something or someone that is noticeable because it is a very good example of its type