donkey
Mule's stubborn parent
A donkey is a domesticated animal related to the horse but smaller, with longer ears and a bray instead of a neigh.
Donkeys are known for stubbornness and surefootedness, making them useful as pack animals in rough terrain.
Calling someone a donkey suggests they're foolish or stubborn: Don't be a donkey about this.
Of the horse family
- mammalWarm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- hoovesUngulate foot coverings
- herbivorePlant-only consumer
- burroSmall domesticated donkey
jenny · jack · foal · mule · hinny · pasture · stable · grazing
Reliable, tireless producer
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- haulingTransporting heavy items
- cartVehicle for hauling
- loadCarried weight or burden
cargo · toil · drudgery · plodding · working · carrying · saddlebags · panniers
- Sancho PanzaSquire to a knight-errant
- nativityState of being born
- Democratic PartyLiberal American political organization
- pin the tailBlindfolded attachment game
piñata · Don Quixote · Nestor
Unwise, gullible person
- idiotFoolish, senseless person
- dunceSlow-witted person
- dimwitFoolish, slow person
- simpletonUnintelligent person
blockhead · nincompoop · dolt · nitwit · jackass · stupid · ignoramus · buffoon
Farm's animal enclosure
- stableSecure and unchanging
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- paddockSmall fenced animal enclosure
- corralFenced livestock enclosure
trough · halter · farrier · grazing · rural · homestead · husbandry · livestock
Donkey vocalization
distinctive · whinny · neigh · bellowing · honking · shriek · noise · ear-splitting
Firmly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
recalcitrant · intransigent · immovable · balking · digging in · refusing · stubborn as a mule · ornery
equine
Of the horse family
burro · jenny · jack · foal · mule · hinny · pasture · stable · grazing · fodder
workhorse
Reliable, tireless producer
load · cargo · toil · drudgery · plodding · working · carrying · saddlebags · panniers · freight
Eeyore
- Sancho PanzaSquire to a knight-errant
- nativityState of being born
- Democratic PartyLiberal American political organization
pin the tail · piñata · Don Quixote · Nestor
fool
Unwise, gullible person
simpleton · blockhead · nincompoop · dolt · nitwit · jackass · stupid · ignoramus · buffoon · oaf
barnyard
Farm's animal enclosure
corral · trough · halter · farrier · grazing · rural · homestead · husbandry · livestock · herding
heehaw
Donkey vocalization
raucous · distinctive · whinny · neigh · bellowing · honking · shriek · noise · ear-splitting
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
unyielding · recalcitrant · intransigent · immovable · balking · digging in · refusing · stubborn as a mule · ornery · contrary
- pin the tail on the donkeyBlindfolded targeting game
- Donkey KongNintendo's barrel-hurling simian
- donkey workTedious, unglamorous labor
- donkey kickQuadruped hip extension
- donkey rideTrip on long-eared beast
- talking donkeyVerbal equine impossibility