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English
Noun
Sense: a person of low intelligence or common sense
Synonyms
addle-brain
addlehead
addle pate ( obsolete )
airhead
baboon
beanbrain
beetlebrain
beetlehead
( UK )
bimbo ( slang )
birdbrain
blockhead ( informal )
blubberbrain
bonehead ( slang )
Boeotian
boob ( informal )
bozo
brainlet
brickhead
bubblehead
bubble brain
bufflehead ( obsolete )
buffoon
Charlie ( chiefly Britain, often with "right" and/or "proper" )
chowderhead ( US, informal )
chucklehead ( informal )
chump ( informal )
cittern-head ( obsolete )
clod
clodpate ( dated )
clot ( Britain, slang )
clown
crackhead
cretin
cuckoo
deadhead
dimbo
dim bulb
dimbus
dimwit
dingbat ( informal )
ding dong ( informal )
dingleberry ( slang )
dingwad ( informal )
dip
dipstick
doldrum ( slang, obsolete )
dolt
donut
doodle ( obsolete )
doof
doofoid
doofus
dope ( slang )
dork ( US, slang )
drivel ( obsolete )
drongo ( Australia, NZ, slang )
drool bucket
dullard
dumb bunny
dumbbell
dumb cluck
dumbhead
dumble
dumbling
dumbnut
dumbo
dummkopf
dummy
dunce
dunderhead
dunderpate
eejit ( Irish, Scottish alternative form )
fathead
featherbrain
fenderhead
fleabrain
fool
fopdoodle ( obsolete )
galoot
gimboid ( Britain, slang )
gomer
gonk
goober ( Southern US )
goof
goofball
goofy
goose ( slang )
goosecap
gorbuson ( Britain, dialectal, archaic )
gudgeon ( archaic )
halfwit ( informal )
ha'porth ( Britain, slang, dated )
hammerhead
idiot
ignoramus
imbecile
inbred
jackaninny
jellybrain
jerk
juggins
jughead
knothead
knucklehead
lackwit
lamebrain
log ( figurative )
loggerhead ( obsolete )
lummox
maroon ( slang )
meatball ( slang )
meathead ( slang )
mental midget ( informal )
mome ( obsolete )
momo ( slang )
mongoloid
mongtard
monkey
moron ( slang )
mouth breather ( slang )
muggins ( Britain, slang )
mushhead
muttonhead
mutt ( US )
( US, informal )
nincompoop
ninny
ninnyhammer
nit ( slang )
nitwit
noddy
noodlehead
numbskull
oaf
peabrain
peagoose
pillock ( Britain, slang )
( rare )
pinhead
plank ( Britain, slang )
plonker ( Britain, slang )
prat ( Britain, slang )
put
putz
retard ( slang )
sap ( slang )
saphead
schmo
silly
simp ( slang )
simpleton
snapperhead ( slang )
sot ( archaic )
space cadet ( slang )
spanner
stupe ( slang )
stupid
stupid-head
tomfool
( slang )
thickskull
thicko ( chiefly Britain, slang )
tomfool
( chiefly British )
toolbox ( slang )
tosspot
turkey ( US, slang )
twit
wally
wantwit
wazzer ( Britain, slang )
wazzock ( Britain, slang )
witless wonder ( slang )
yo-yo ( informal )
zany
Vulgar:
ass ( vulgar, slang )
assclown ( vulgar, slang )
asshat ( vulgar, slang )
asshead ( vulgar, slang )
asstard ( vulgar, slang )
asswipe ( vulgar, slang )
buttbreath ( vulgar, slang )
dildo ( vulgar, slang )
dipshit ( vulgar, slang )
donkey dick ( vulgar, slang )
dumbarse ( Britain, vulgar, slang )
dumbfuck ( vulgar, slang )
dumbfucker ( vulgar, slang )
dumbshit ( vulgar, slang )
farthead ( vulgar, slang )
fuck-knuckle ( vulgar, slang )
fucktard ( vulgar, slang )
fuckwit ( vulgar, slang )
jackass ( vulgar, slang )
peckerhead ( vulgar, slang )
shitbrain ( vulgar, slang )
shithead ( vulgar, slang )
shitneck ( vulgar, slang )
shitwit ( vulgar, slang )
twat ( chiefly Britain, vulgar, slang )
Hyponyms
Antonyms
Hypernyms
mentally deficient person
Various
See also
Further reading
“idiot ” in Moby Thesaurus II , Grady Ward, 1996.