What is another word for babbitt?
260 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bˈabɪt], [ bˈabɪt], [ b_ˈa_b_ɪ_t]
Babbitt is a term used for a person who is conformist and conventional. Synonyms for babbitt include conformist, conservative, traditionalist, follower, conformer, traditionalist and unadventurous. A person who is labeled as a babbitt is often seen as lacking any originality or individuality. They are perceived to be stuck in their ways and unwilling to embrace change or new ideas. Instead, they prefer to conform to the norms of society and follow the established rules and traditions. Although some may view babbitts as being boring or dull, they are valued for their reliability and predictability.
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Synonyms for Babbitt:
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- admixture ,
- agate line ,
- air ,
- ancestry ,
- anti-intellectual ,
- antic ,
- approximate ,
- approximative ,
- argument ,
- argumentation ,
- assembly line ,
- banality ,
- bank line ,
- barbaric ,
- bawdy ,
- billet ,
- blackguard ,
- blood ,
- blood line ,
- bloodline ,
- blunder ,
- boisterous ,
- booby ,
- bookworm ,
- bosom ,
- breast ,
- bucolic ,
- buffoon ,
- bully ,
- bumpkin ,
- bumpy ,
- burgess ,
- business ,
- business line ,
- businessperson ,
- button-down ,
- buttoned-down ,
- cable ,
- cautious ,
- channel ,
- chawbacon ,
- cliche ,
- clod ,
- clown around ,
- commonplace ,
- communication channel ,
- computer-aided design ,
- conforming ,
- conservativist ,
- contrast ,
- course ,
- crank ,
- crease ,
- credit line ,
- crinkle ,
- crosspatch ,
- crude ,
- debase ,
- delineate ,
- demarcation ,
- descent ,
- describe ,
- dividing line ,
- dog ,
- dope ,
- draw ,
- drop the ball ,
- dumbbell ,
- dummy ,
- feather ,
- fierce ,
- flunkey ,
- flunky ,
- fogyish ,
- foursquare ,
- furrow ,
- gawk ,
- goof ,
- goofball ,
- goon ,
- goth ,
- grating ,
- gravelly ,
- grouch ,
- grump ,
- harsh ,
- hayseed ,
- hearty ,
- heel ,
- hick ,
- hound ,
- job ,
- jolting ,
- jolty ,
- jumpy ,
- kip ,
- knocker ,
- know nothing ,
- lame ,
- leaper ,
- line of business ,
- line of credit ,
- line of descent ,
- line of merchandise ,
- line of products ,
- line of reasoning ,
- line of work ,
- lineage ,
- logical argument ,
- lowbrowed ,
- lubber ,
- lummox ,
- lump ,
- materialistic ,
- melodic line ,
- melodic phrase ,
- melody ,
- merry andrew ,
- metallic ,
- metallic element ,
- moss-grown ,
- mossy ,
- niggard ,
- note ,
- nouveau-riche ,
- oaf ,
- occupation ,
- off-color ,
- origin ,
- parentage ,
- parvenue ,
- pedigree ,
- personal credit line ,
- personal line of credit ,
- phone line ,
- pinhead ,
- pipeline ,
- platitude ,
- plodder ,
- product line ,
- production line ,
- provincial ,
- pruner ,
- public square ,
- pugnacious ,
- rail line ,
- railway line ,
- rasping ,
- raspy ,
- raucous ,
- rocky ,
- rough in ,
- rough out ,
- roughly ,
- rube ,
- run along ,
- satisfying ,
- savage ,
- scholastic ,
- scratchy ,
- scrooge ,
- seam ,
- second power ,
- short letter ,
- sin ,
- skinflint ,
- slowcoach ,
- slowpoke ,
- solid ,
- square toes ,
- square up ,
- squarely ,
- stemma ,
- stock ,
- stodgy ,
- stooge ,
- straight ,
- straightforward ,
- strain ,
- street urchin ,
- stumblebum ,
- subscriber line ,
- substantial ,
- telephone circuit ,
- telephone line ,
- tike ,
- tit ,
- titty ,
- tough ,
- trace ,
- transmission line ,
- trimmer joist ,
- trimming capacitor ,
- tune ,
- tyke ,
- uncivilised ,
- uncivilized ,
- uncultivated ,
- uncut ,
- uneducated person ,
- unsmooth ,
- wild ,
- wrinkle ,
- yob ,
- yobbo ,
- yobo .
- Conformer ,
- Conventionalist ,
- Formalist ,
- Looby ,
- Mucker ,
- Precisian ,
- Precisianist ,
- alloy ,
- arriviste ,
- barbarian ,
- boeotian ,
- boob ,
- boor ,
- bounder ,
- bourgeois ,
- burgher ,
- cad ,
- churl ,
- clown ,
- conformist ,
- groundling ,
- guttersnipe ,
- hooligan ,
- ignoramus ,
- ill-bred fellow ,
- lout ,
- lowbrow ,
- methodologist ,
- middlebrow ,
- organization man ,
- parrot ,
- parvenu ,
- peasant ,
- pedant ,
- perfectionist ,
- philistine ,
- ribald ,
- rough ,
- roughneck ,
- rowdy ,
- ruffian ,
- sheep ,
- square ,
- teenybopper ,
- trimmer ,
- upstart ,
- vulgarian ,
- yahoo ,
- yes-man ,
- yokel .
- line .
How to use "Babbitt" in context?
In "babbitt," Sinclair Lewis created a naive, yet disillusioned, city man who is quickly swept up in the consumer culture around him. This culture is a whirlwind of flashy new cars and houses, but it ultimately leaves babbitt feeling used, empty and unfulfilled.
In the novel, babbitt is always looking for something new to shock and impress him. He is constantly climbing the ladder of success, but the more he accumulates, the more hollow he feels. One of the biggest symbols of this emptiness is babbitt's relationship with his daughter.
Homophones for Babbitt:
- baud, bead, bitthead, bowed, bitt, bot, bad hat, byte, bit, bed, BOWTIE, bovidae, bodied, both, butty, beady, bade, bow wood, battue, babyhood, beefwood, boyhood, baeda, bow-tie, booted, betide, befit, bedded, biddy, bifid, beat, bait, bootie, behead, buy it, bathe, buy out, bawd, bow out, bid, batty, bet, bite, be due, biotite, bd, buy at, buteo, bad, body, buy food, boidae, buffeted, baddie, booty, bode, butat, bide, Butte, beauty, butt, b.t.u., beatitude, buffet, B.Th.U., beth, be with it, booth, bat, bath, by the day, beady-eyed, BVD, beef tea, bite out, bibbed, bobwhite, butea, bidet, beaded, bod, bayat, bated, bowhead, bypath, bata, bate, buddha, by-bid, but, beet, bow tie, bud, buddy, beheaded, biped, boot, beaut, beta, bootee, bittie, beda, bedewed, baby bed, bout, BTU, beat out, baht, baby tooth, buyout, bawdy, bede, bitty, batoidei, biota, bota, beef patty, by the way, bothidae, bob about, butut, bida, bedew, boat, bovid, boot out, babbit, bethe, boeotia.
Hyponym for Babbitt:
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turned-up
- Synonyms:
- dumpy, retrousse, blocky, chubby, podgy, pudgy, pug, retrousse, snub-nosed, squatty.
