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单词 half-witted
释义

half-wit

noun

ˈhaf-ˌwit How to pronounce half-wit (audio)
ˈhäf-
: a foolish or stupid person
half-witted
ˈhaf-ˈwi-təd How to pronounce half-wit (audio)
ˈhäf-
adjective
half-wittedness noun

Synonyms

  • berk [British]
  • booby
  • charlie [British]
  • charley
  • cuckoo
  • ding-a-ling
  • ding-dong
  • dingbat
  • dipstick
  • doofus [slang]
  • featherhead
  • fool
  • git [British]
  • goose
  • jackass
  • lunatic
  • mooncalf
  • nincompoop
  • ninny
  • ninnyhammer
  • nit [chiefly British]
  • nitwit
  • nut
  • nutcase
  • simp
  • simpleton
  • turkey
  • yo-yo
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Word History

First Known Use

1640, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

half-wit

noun

ˈhaf-ˌwit,
ˈhäf-
: a very stupid person

half-witted

adjective

1
as in stupid
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily the young genius mastered calculus while his peers, who seemed half-witted in comparison, labored over basic addition and subtraction

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stupid
  • dumb
  • slow
  • simple
  • thick
  • foolish
  • idiotic
  • ignorant
  • doltish
  • pinheaded
  • dopey
  • dunderheaded
  • fatuous
  • witless
  • unintelligent
  • dull
  • brainless
  • dense
  • oafish
  • boneheaded
  • vacuous
  • thickheaded
  • airheaded
  • gormless
  • dim-witted
  • lamebrain
  • mindless
  • obtuse
  • bonehead
  • softheaded
  • knuckleheaded
  • silly
  • chuckleheaded
  • slow-witted
  • empty-headed
  • thick-witted
  • lunkheaded
  • senseless
  • bubbleheaded
  • dorky
  • mad
  • irrational
  • brain-dead
  • lamebrained
  • opaque
  • moronic
  • unreasonable
  • dim
  • weak-minded
  • insane
  • cretinous
  • dopy
  • birdbrained
  • unsmart
  • imbecile
  • soft
  • lunatic
  • crazy
  • simpleminded
  • feebleminded
  • uneducated
  • idiotical
  • uninformed
  • fool
  • absurd
  • illiterate
  • imbecilic
  • unthinking
  • unintellectual
  • looney
  • harebrained
  • daft
  • dippy
  • loony
  • lowbrow
  • crackpot
  • zany
  • untaught
  • asinine
  • daffy
  • preposterous
  • nonsensical
  • cuckoo
  • nutty
  • cockeyed
  • illogical
  • half-baked
  • screwball
  • kooky
  • wacky
  • dotty
  • tomfool
  • unwise
  • fallacious
  • invalid
  • sappy
  • whacky
  • boobish
  • kookie
  • featherheaded
  • balmy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • intelligent
  • brilliant
  • clever
  • brainy
  • smart
  • sagacious
  • ingenious
  • quick
  • resourceful
  • bright
  • apt
  • astute
  • keen
  • sharp
  • nimble
  • wise
  • acute
  • erudite
  • intellectual
  • thinking
  • savvy
  • perceptive
  • cerebral
  • hyperintelligent
  • insightful
  • knowledgeable
  • sharp-witted
  • fast
  • skilled
  • quick-witted
  • sage
  • literate
  • supersmart
  • scholarly
  • keen
  • discerning
  • perspicacious
  • knowing
  • educated
  • shrewd
  • informed
  • learned
  • cunning
  • wily
  • trained
  • crafty
  • ultrasmart
  • sapient
  • sensible
  • highbrow
  • well-read
  • reasonable
  • sane
  • prudent
  • sound
  • percipient
  • judicious
  • rational
  • logical
  • valid
  • foxy
  • schooled
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2
as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment had the half-witted idea to try to swim across the raging river, and would have drowned if someone hadn't rescued him

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • foolish
  • stupid
  • silly
  • absurd
  • mad
  • idiotic
  • lunatic
  • crazy
  • insane
  • fool
  • dumb
  • fatuous
  • witless
  • irrational
  • brainless
  • harebrained
  • simpleminded
  • daft
  • dippy
  • loony
  • crackpot
  • zany
  • asinine
  • daffy
  • inept
  • preposterous
  • ridiculous
  • weak
  • nonsensical
  • simple
  • nutty
  • cockeyed
  • half-baked
  • lunkheaded
  • screwball
  • senseless
  • kooky
  • bubbleheaded
  • wacky
  • dotty
  • moronic
  • cuckoo
  • tomfool
  • unwise
  • imbecile
  • looney
  • jerky
  • weak-minded
  • unreasoning
  • doltish
  • idiotical
  • unreasonable
  • sappy
  • thoughtless
  • whacky
  • dopey
  • unintelligent
  • slow
  • oafish
  • clueless
  • vacuous
  • thickheaded
  • feebleminded
  • gormless
  • pinheaded
  • dim-witted
  • lamebrain
  • kookie
  • mindless
  • obtuse
  • unreasoned
  • dunderheaded
  • softheaded
  • knuckleheaded
  • imbecilic
  • featherheaded
  • balmy
  • chuckleheaded
  • airheaded
  • illogical
  • slow-witted
  • empty-headed
  • dense
  • dull
  • dorky
  • brain-dead
  • lamebrained
  • fallacious
  • out to lunch
  • dim
  • opaque
  • ludicrous
  • invalid
  • laughable
  • clownish
  • thick
  • dopy
  • buffoonish
  • farcical
  • birdbrained
  • surd
  • nonrational
  • unsound
  • soft
  • chowderheaded
  • boobish
  • notional
  • unconsidered
  • ill-advised

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sagacious
  • sensible
  • wise
  • intelligent
  • sane
  • prudent
  • judicious
  • sound
  • sage
  • clever
  • smart
  • sapient
  • reasonable
  • bright
  • brainy
  • rational
  • logical
  • valid
  • well-advised
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