Meanings
plural mockingbirds
- archaicSynonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).
Synonyms: tui
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds.
nounSynonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).
More synonyms by meaning
nounlong-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From mocking + bird, from the ability of the birds to mimic sounds and, in some cases, hum as a wake-up call.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic المُحاكِي
- المُحاكِي (al-muḥākī)songbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Bulgarian присмехулник
- присмехулник (prismehulnik)songbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Chinese Mandarin 模仿鸟
- 模仿鸟 (mófǎng niǎo)songbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Czech drozdec, drozd mnohohlasý
- drozdecsongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
- drozd mnohohlasýsongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Danish spottedrossel
- spottedrosselsongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Dutch spotlijster
- spotlijstersongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Esperanto mokbirdo
- mokbirdosongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Finnish matkija
- matkijasongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
French moqueur
- moqueursongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
German Spottdrossel
- Spottdrosselsongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Greek ατριχόρνις
- ατριχόρνις (atrichórnis)songbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Hungarian sokszavú poszáta
- sokszavú poszátasongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Icelandic hermikráka
- hermikrákasongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Irish éan aithrise
- éan aithrisesongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Italian tordo americano
- tordo americanosongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Japanese アザケルトリ
- アザケルトリ (azakerutori)songbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Korean 흉내지빠귀
- 흉내지빠귀 (hyungnaejippagwi)songbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Malay burung ajuk-ajuk
- burung ajuk-ajuksongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Polish przedrzeźniacz
- przedrzeźniaczsongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Portuguese sabiapoca
- sabiapocasongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Romanian mierloi
- mierloisongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Russian пересме́шник
- пересме́шник (peresméšnik)songbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Slovak drozdec, drozd mnohohlasný
- drozdecsongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
- drozd mnohohlasnýsongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Spanish cenzontle, sinsonte
- cenzontlesongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
- sinsontesongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
- (tropical mockingbird, Mimus gilvus) paraulatasongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
- chuchubesongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
- chulingasongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
- mulatosongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Swedish härmtrast
- härmtrastsongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Tagalog mimido
- mimidosongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Ukrainian пересмішники
- пересмішники (peresmišnyky)songbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Vietnamese chim nhại
- chim nhạisongbird of the genera Mimus and Melanotis
Cite this entry
mockingbird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mockingbird
“mockingbird.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mockingbird. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mockingbird,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mockingbird.
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