Synonyms for dude
dud, dyuddude

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. dudenoun

   Synonyms:
   mate, chap, dandy, cove, fop, bloke, guy, masher

2. dudenoun

   A man.

   Synonyms:
   fop, bloke, mate, chap, guy, dandy, masher, cove

3. dudenoun

   A term of address for a man.

   Relax, dude.

   Synonyms:
   masher, chap, cove, bloke, dandy, guy, mate, fop

4. dudenoun

   An inexperienced cowboy.

   Synonyms:
   guy, cove, dandy, mate, bloke, masher, chap, fop

5. dudenoun

   A tourist.

   Synonyms:
   bloke, cove, dandy, chap, masher, guy, fop, mate

6. dudenoun

   A dandy, a man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance.

   Synonyms:
   cove, bloke, masher, guy, mate, fop, chap, dandy

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. fellow, dude, busternoun

   an informal form of address for a man

   "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?"

   Synonyms:
   familiar, boyfriend, feller, lad, fellow, bloke, swell, beau, baby buster, comrade, bronco buster, blighter, gent, young man, confrere, broncobuster, swain, sheik, cuss, fop, chap, fashion plate, gallant, clotheshorse, mate, colleague, associate, buster, companion, dandy, fella

2. dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorsenoun

   a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

   Synonyms:
   fop, boyfriend, tribal sheik, squire, swell, yawl, beau, tribal sheikh, young man, swain, sheik, crestless wave, fashion plate, gallant, clotheshorse, sheikh, fellow, buster, dandy

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1. • Man

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1. dudenoun

   Synonyms:
   dandy, fop, coxcomb, swell, popinjay, exquisite

   Antonyms:
   sloven, guy

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1. List of paraphrases for "dude":

   guy, man, buddy, dandy, mate, bro, pal, old, dawg, mec, boyfriend, bloke, -dude, gus, boy, fella, cme, cara, brah, guys, homeboy, type

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1. Mac Miller:

   When President Trump started running for president I was like ah f ***, this is horrible, I have a f *** ing song with this dude's name and now President Trump's just being such a f *** ing douchebag.

2. Tyreek Hill:

   I’ve had a chance to see Tua throw the ball, to myself, but … he’s that due, bro. Like, what a lot of people don’t know, like, I’m not just saying this because he’s my quarterback now … Like, I’m not trying to get more targets right now, but what I’m trying to say is Tua is that deal, bro, bro, he has a heck of an arm, bro. He’s accurate. He can throw the deep ball, and he actually goes through his reads, where people are like on Twitter like saying, ‘Oh, he doesn’t go through his reads.’ Man, this dude is that dude.

3. Will Hurd:

   I was in the CIA for almost a decade, i was the dude in the back alleys at 4 oclock in the morning collecting intelligence on threats to the homeland.

4. Shay Rowbottom:

   I can see how a 25-year-old or a millennial or someone who is social media savvy could log on for a bit, explore around, experience some of the glitches or just lack of built-out features... and I can see how people could just be turned off, and be like' Dude, this platform is whack,' and then they leave, it's also good for me because there's no competition.

5. Jon Hawkins:

   He’s popular especially with the sports crowd — guys go up to him and ask him what he thinks about current sports teams, o.J. is just a regular dude. He does his job, and he goes to his cell.