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单词 dimwit
释义

dimwit

noun

dim·​wit ˈdim-ˌwit How to pronounce dimwit (audio)
: a stupid or mentally slow person

Synonyms

  • airhead
  • birdbrain
  • blockhead
  • bonehead
  • bubblehead
  • chowderhead
  • chucklehead
  • clodpoll
  • clodpole
  • clot [British]
  • cluck
  • clunk
  • cretin
  • cuddy [British dialect]
  • cuddie
  • deadhead
  • dim bulb [slang]
  • dip
  • dodo
  • dolt
  • donkey
  • doofus [slang]
  • dope
  • dork [slang]
  • dullard
  • dum-dum
  • dumbbell
  • dumbhead
  • dummkopf
  • dummy
  • dunce
  • dunderhead
  • fathead
  • gander
  • golem
  • goof
  • goon
  • half-wit
  • hammerhead
  • hardhead
  • idiot
  • ignoramus
  • imbecile
  • jackass
  • know-nothing
  • knucklehead
  • lamebrain
  • loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
  • loon
  • lump
  • lunkhead
  • meathead
  • mome [archaic]
  • moron
  • mug [chiefly British]
  • mutt
  • natural
  • nimrod [slang]
  • nincompoop
  • ninny
  • ninnyhammer
  • nit [chiefly British]
  • nitwit
  • noddy
  • noodle
  • numskull
  • numbskull
  • oaf
  • pinhead
  • prat [British]
  • ratbag [chiefly Australian]
  • saphead
  • schlub [slang]
  • shlub
  • schnook [slang]
  • simpleton
  • stock
  • stupe
  • stupid
  • thickhead
  • turkey
  • woodenhead
  • yahoo
  • yo-yo
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Example Sentences

you're a dimwit if you think I'll sell my house for that price
Recent Examples on the Web The forty-third president set the stage for a world-historical dimwit to run the nation into the ground. Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2020 Jason is no less on her level than any other dimwit human. Laura Bradley, HWD, 4 June 2018 Last night, NBC New York's Chopper 4 was among several aircraft accosted by a laser-wielding dimwit. Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 12 Nov. 2015 On the other hand, if the test subjects were convinced that only dimwits performed well on such stupid tasks, their performance tanked precipitously. Steve Ayan, Scientific American, 15 May 2018 Home Alone Macaulay Culkin is forgotten by his family and forced to battle a couple of dimwit thieves (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) around Christmas in this enduring children's adventure from director Chris Columbus and writer John Hughes. Esquire Editors, Esquire, 7 Aug. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

dimwit

noun

as in idiot
a stupid person you're a dimwit if you think I'll sell my house for that price

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • idiot
  • moron
  • stupid
  • lunatic
  • dolt
  • imbecile
  • dummy
  • prat
  • loser
  • dullard
  • fool
  • ignoramus
  • nitwit
  • dunderhead
  • dunce
  • knucklehead
  • doofus
  • airhead
  • simpleton
  • numbskull
  • mutt
  • chucklehead
  • goose
  • blockhead
  • bonehead
  • jackass
  • lunkhead
  • natural
  • donkey
  • pinhead
  • numskull
  • cretin
  • oaf
  • nimrod
  • ninny
  • dummkopf
  • dumbhead
  • goon
  • loon
  • goof
  • half-wit
  • schnook
  • stupe
  • schlub
  • hardhead
  • nincompoop
  • meathead
  • clown
  • dork
  • know-nothing
  • jerk
  • yahoo
  • lamebrain
  • ratbag
  • fathead
  • shlub
  • birdbrain
  • buffoon
  • chowderhead
  • deadhead
  • dope
  • golem
  • bubblehead
  • turkey
  • gander
  • noddy
  • cluck
  • dodo
  • villain
  • saphead
  • dip
  • clunk
  • dum-dum
  • hammerhead
  • mome
  • dumbbell
  • nit
  • thickhead
  • loggerhead
  • noodle
  • dumb cluck
  • loony
  • lump
  • ninnyhammer
  • clodpole
  • dim bulb
  • stock
  • madman
  • cuddy
  • clodpoll
  • woodenhead
  • clot
  • skunk
  • cuddie
  • booby
  • snake
  • zany
  • yo-yo
  • nut
  • boor
  • mug
  • scatterbrain
  • creep
  • cad
  • gawk
  • beast
  • stinker
  • heel
  • cur
  • churl
  • featherbrain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • genius
  • brain
  • intellect
  • thinker
  • intellectual
  • sage
  • whiz
  • wizard
  • polymath
  • Renaissance man
  • sharpie
  • sharpy
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