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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.