🤦 Not smart 🥣 Dense or creamy 🤦 A foolish person

thicky

1 9.9

A rude word for a person who is slow to understand

adjective
/ˈθɪki/

Offensive

: tonto

Oh, she feels very thicky, like a thicky.

Examples

She called him a thicky for not understanding the joke everyone else got.
Don't be such a thicky; it's obvious what we need to do next.
Many people think he is a thicky because he struggles to grasp simple concepts.

Synonyms

dimwit

vsthicky

Offensive

14 7.7

A person who is not very smart

is the same insult but focuses more on being slow to learn

dunce

vsthicky

Offensive

11 6.1

A person who learns slowly or has trouble understanding

is similar but more bluntly insulting rather than mildly descriptive

dullard

vsthicky

Offensive

5 7.8

A person who is slow to understand things

is more informal and purposefully insulting rather than merely neutral

dumbbell

vsthicky

Offensive

3 7.5

A person who is not very smart and often makes silly mistakes

is harsher, aiming to insult intelligence rather than mock errors lightly

lamebrain

vsthicky

Offensive

3 9.3

A person who is not very smart

is equally slangy but stresses slowness of understanding more directly

hammerhead

vsthicky

Offensive

3 8.4

A rude word for someone who is not smart

is similar but carries a tone of mocking slowness rather than blunt stupidity

dumbo

vsthicky

Offensive

2 8.7

A person who is not very smart

is cruder and more insulting about slow understanding

stupid

vsthicky

Offensive

1 2.7

A person who is not intelligent and often makes poor choices

is similarly insulting but especially stresses slow understanding

knuckle dragger

vsthicky

Offensive

1 9.9

A person someone insults for being slow or having old-fashioned views

is narrower, targeting slowness to understand rather than attitudes

stupe

vsthicky

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who is not very smart

is also informal but highlights slowness to understand rather than just slang

lackwit

vsthicky

Offensive

1 9.9

A person who is silly and not very clever

is modern slang and more directly insulting about slow comprehension

Gumby

vsthicky

Offensive

1 9.9

A clumsy person who is slow to understand and often acts foolishly

focuses solely on being slow to understand rather than clumsy traits

pudden-head

vsthicky

Offensive

9.9

A person who is not very smart

is more insulting and focuses on slowness to understand

Antonyms

smart

∞ 1.9

Shows quick thinking and good understanding

intelligent

507 3.4

Able to think, understand, and learn new things

How Intelligent

brilliant

949 3.7

clever

573 1.7

slow

Offensive

297 4.4

thicky

Offensive

1 9.9

stupid

Offensive

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

thicky positive

thicker comparative

thickest superlative

Morphology

thicky = thick (semi-transparent) = thick + y

Formed from 'thick' + '-y', but the insulting meaning 'stupid' relies on a colloquial/metaphorical extension of 'thick' rather than a literal descriptive meaning.

Etymology

Thicky as an informal insult comes from thick used to mean 'slow to understand' with the ending -y. So calling someone thicky is like saying their thinking is 'thick' or slow, and it is usually rude.