benet
- noun
- Offensive
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- The story described a benet who trusted everyone he met, no matter what they said.
Examples
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She worried that acting like a benet would make others take advantage of her.
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Don't be such a benet!
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In the old village, people would sometimes call a gullible child a benet.
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He is a real benet for believing that.
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In the old village, people would sometimes call a gullible child a benet.
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The story described a benet who trusted everyone he met, no matter what they said.
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She worried that acting like a benet would make others take advantage of her.
Synonyms
36
7.9
A person who acts silly and not very smart
32
9.9
A person from the countryside who is not used to city life
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7.3
A person who is not very smart and trusts people easily
3
7.5
A person who is not very smart and often makes silly mistakes
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9.1
A person who often does foolish things or makes simple mistakes
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9.9
A person who often drinks too much and behaves foolishly
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8.7
A person who is not very smart
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9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
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9.9
A person who is foolish and easily tricked
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9.9
A person who is silly and not very clever
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9.9
An old word for a foolish or silly person
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9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
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9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
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8.4
A person who behaves in a foolish or silly way
An old word for a person who is foolish or slow to understand
A silly person who does not act seriously
A clumsy person who often makes silly mistakes
A person who behaves in a silly way
A person who behaves in a silly way
A foolish person who makes simple mistakes
A person who is not very smart
A foolish or awkward person
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Benet comes from an old word meaning 'blessed', the same idea you see in the name Benedict. So a very gentle or pious person could be called a 'benet' in a kind way, and that meaning later shifted to someone who is simple or a little foolish.