A person who is not very bright.
synonyms: dolt, 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