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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsophisticated |
| Synonyms: | brainless, childlike, clueless, crude, dumb, feeble-minded, idiotic, ignorant, moronic, naive, slow, stupid, uncomplicated, unschooled, unstudied, untutored, unworldly |
| Main Entry: | oafish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, stupid |
| Synonyms: | all thumbs, blundering, blunderous, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, dumb, gawkish, gawky, graceless, half-witted, heavy-handed, idiotic, ignorant, inelegant, inept, klutzy, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, moronic, simple, simpleminded, slow, stumbling, uncoordinated, undexterous, ungainly, unintelligent |
| Main Entry: | silly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd, giddy, foolish |
| Synonyms: | asinine, balmy, brainless, childish, crazy, dippy, dizzy*, empty, empty-headed, fatuous, featherbrained, flighty, foolhardy, frivolous, harebrained, idiotic, ignorant, illogical, immature, imprudent, inane, inappropriate, inconsistent, irrational, irresponsible, ludicrous, meaningless, muddle-headed, nitwitted, nonsensical, pointless, preposterous, puerile, ridiculous, senseless, sheepheaded, simple, simpleminded, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, vacuous, witless |
| Antonyms: | mature, mundane, practical, sensible, serious, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stupid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not intelligent; irresponsible |
| Synonyms: | brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, doltish, dopey, dull, dumb, dummy*, foolish, futile, gullible, half-baked, half-witted, idiotic, ill-advised, imbecilic, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser*, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, out to lunch, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupefied, thick, thick-headed, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless |
| Notes: | stupid refers to lack of ability while ignorant refers to lack of knowledge |
| Antonyms: | cognizant, intelligent, responsible, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unintelligent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | brainless, deficient, dense, doltish, dumb, empty-headed, foolish, half-witted, idiotic, imbecilic, inane, meaningless, mentally deficient, mentally handicapped, mindless, moronic, not intelligent, pointless, senseless, simple, simpleminded, slow, thick-headed, unthinking, witless |
| Main Entry: | blockheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | boneheaded, dense, dimwitted, doltish, dumb, empty-headed, loggerheaded, obtuse, simple, simpleminded, thick-skulled, thickheaded, unintelligent |
| Main Entry: | dimwitted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | blockheaded, boneheaded, dense, doltish, dumb, empty-headed, half-witted, loggerheaded, obtuse, simple, simpleminded, thick-skulled, thickheaded, unintelligent |
| Main Entry: | doltish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | blockheaded, blockish, boneheaded, brainless, cloddish, dense, dimwitted, dumb, empty-headed, half-witted, loggerheaded, oafish, obtuse, simple, simpleminded, thickheaded, unintelligent |
| Main Entry: | thick-witted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | blockheaded, brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, doltish, dopey, dull, dumb, dummy*, foolish, futile, gullible, half-baked, half-witted, hebetudinous, idiotic, ill-advised, imbecilic, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser*, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, out to lunch, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupefied, thick, thick-headed, thickheaded, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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