idiot
noun /ˈɪdiət/
/ˈɪdiət/
- (informal) a very stupid person synonym fool
- When I lost my passport, I felt such an idiot.
- Not that switch, you idiot!
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1- He was giggling like a drunken idiot.
- He's made a complete idiot of himself over this woman!
- I felt (like) a complete idiot, standing there in front of all those people!
- She called me an idiot.
- She knew she was acting like an idiot.
- What stupid idiot left their shoes on the stairs?
- I just stood there like an idiot with my mouth open.
- I realized I was dealing with a bunch of idiots.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- babbling
- big
- blithering
- …
- be
- feel
- feel like
- …
- make an idiot of yourself
- (old-fashioned, offensive) a person with very low intelligence who cannot think or behave normallyOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- babbling
- big
- blithering
- …
- be
- feel
- feel like
- …
- make an idiot of yourself
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a person of low intelligence): via Old French from Latin idiota ‘ignorant person’, from Greek idiōtēs ‘private person, layman, ignorant person’, from idios ‘own, private’.