Synonyms for turkey

Noun

1. turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, domestic fowl, fowl, poultry

usage: large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

2. Turkey, Republic of Turkey, country, state, land

usage: a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923

3. joker, turkey, unpleasant person, disagreeable person

usage: a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some joker is blocking the driveway"

4. turkey, poultry

usage: flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted

5. turkey, bomb, dud, flop, bust

usage: an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

6. ocellated turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, turkey, gallinaceous bird, gallinacean

usage: wild turkey of Central America and northern South America