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dolt
noun
1 dolt
A person who is not very bright.
synonyms: dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person.
Roget 501:
fool,
idiot,
tomfool,
wiseacre,
simpleton,
witling†,
dizzard†,
donkey,
ass;
ninny,
ninnyhammer†;
chowderhead†,
chucklehead†;
dolt,
booby,
Tom Noddy,
looby†,
hoddy-doddy†,
noddy,
nonny,
noodle,
nizy†,
owl;
goose,
goosecap†;
imbecile;
gaby†;
radoteur†,
nincompoop,
badaud†,
zany;
trifler,
babbler;
pretty fellow;
natural,
niais†.
child,
baby,
infant,
innocent,
milksop,
sop.
oaf,
lout,
loon,
lown†,
dullard,
doodle,
calf,
colt,
buzzard,
block,
put,
stick,
stock,
numps†,
tony.
bull head,
dunderhead,
addlehead†,
blockhead,
dullhead†,
loggerhead,
jolthead†,
jolterhead†,
beetlehead†,
beetlebrain,
grosshead†,
muttonhead,
noodlehead,
giddyhead†;
numbskull,
thickskull†;
lackbrain†,
shallowbrain†;
dimwit,
halfwit,
lackwit†;
dunderpate†;
lunkhead sawney [U.S.],
gowk†;
clod,
clod-hopper;
clod-poll,
clot-poll,
clot-pate;
bull calf;
gawk,
Gothamite,
lummox,
rube [U.S.];
men of Boeotia,
wise men of Gotham.
un sot a triple etage [Fr.],
sot;
jobbernowl†,
changeling,
mooncalf,
gobemouche†.
dotard,
driveler;
old fogey,
old woman,
crock;
crone,
grandmother;
cotquean†,
henhussy†.
incompetent
(insanity)
503.
greenhorn
etc.
(dupe)
547;
dunce
etc.
(ignoramus)
493;
lubber
etc.
(bungler)
701;
madman
etc.
504.
one who will not set the Thames on fire;
one who did not invent gunpowder,
qui n'a pas invente' la poudre [Fr.];
no conjuror.
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Dutch: sukkel, appelflap, augurk, dombo, domoor, droplul, druiloor, eend, eendvogel, ei, ezelsveulen, flapdrol, jojo, kalf, kalfskop, kloris, kuiken, leeghoofd, minkukel, nitwit, oelewapper, oen, oetlul, onbenul, schaapskop, stomkop, stommeling, stommerd, stommerik, sufferd, sufkont, sufkop, uilebal, uilskuiken, weetniet ... show more
Polish: baran, półgłówek, dureń, bałwan, przygłup, ptasi móżdżek, głąb kapuściany, bezmózgowiec, głupi, kurzy móżdżek, głupek, bezmózg, barania łąka, ćwok, półgłupek, pustak, idiota, kretyn, pustogłów ... show more
Moby thesaurus: Boeotian, ass, birdbrain, block, blockhead, blunderer, blunderhead, bonehead, boob, booby, boor, botcher, bumbler, bungler, chucklehead, chump, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot, clown, dimwit, ding-a-ling, dingbat, dolthead, donkey, dope, dullard, dumb cluck, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dunderpate, fathead, flake, fool, fumbler, gawk, goon, gowk, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, jobbernowl, klutz, lackwit, lamebrain, lightweight, looby, loon, lout, lubber, lunkhead, moron, muggins, niais, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nitwit, noddy, numskull, oaf, ox, pinhead, put, simpleton, slouch, slubberer, stupid, thickwit, twit, witling, yokel ... show more.
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