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Noun (3 meanings)

1. a worthless lazy fellow.

loon is a type of:

idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum (noun) - person who does no work

2. large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes.

loon is a type of:

gaviiform seabird (noun) - seabirds of the order Gaviiformes

loon is a member of:

Gavia, genus Gavia (noun) - type genus of the Gavidae: loons

3. a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.

addle-head, addlehead, loon, birdbrain

loon is a type of:

misfit (noun) - someone unable to adapt to their circumstances

loon is derivationally related to:

balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky (adjective) - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular