Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ostrich

2 senses of ostrich

Sense 1
ostrich -- (a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand))
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")

Sense 2
ostrich, Struthio camelus -- (fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird)
       => ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird -- (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)