dimwit
14
7.7
- noun
- /ˈdɪmˌwɪt/
- Offensive
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idiota
- The classroom was filled with students, but one dimwit kept asking silly questions.
- Get a life, dimwit
Examples
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They're protesting our own station, dimwit.
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There were families with seven kids, a grandmother, a dimwit uncle.
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Well, Mr. Dimwit, this is your lucky day.
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When are people, the media, and our dimwit leaders going to wake up?!
Blog text (14) -
When are you dimwits going to get this fixed?
Fiction book (1998) -
I'm glad you're around to take care of him, because he can be such a dimwit.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'm locked up with a bunch of dimwits.
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If you let that dimwit walk outta here with my favorite nightgown, you gotta be kiddin' me.
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My hunch is that we grossly underestimate the intellect of young children and assume they are all underachievers and dimwits.
Academic text (2013) -
She called him a dimwit for forgetting their anniversary.
Synonyms
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1.2
A person who acts very stupidly, used as an insult
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6.0
A person who is seen as stupid or makes simple mistakes
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9.9
A rude word for someone who does something very stupid
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8.0
A person who acts silly or seems not very smart
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7.9
A person who acts silly and not very smart
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9.9
A rude word for a very foolish person
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1.1
A person who is not very smart and often makes bad choices
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8.9
A rude word for a person who seems very stupid
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6.1
A person who learns slowly or has trouble understanding
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6.8
A person who is not very smart and often acts without thinking
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7.8
A person who is slow to understand things
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8.9
A person who is very stupid
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9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
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9.1
A person who often does foolish things or makes simple mistakes
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9.3
A person who is not very smart
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8.7
A person who is not very smart
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2.7
A person who is not intelligent and often makes poor choices
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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 not very intelligent
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9.9
A person who is silly and not very clever
A rude name for a person who is slow to understand
A rude, stupid person who annoys others
A person who is not very clever and sometimes pretends to be smart
A person who acts foolishly or forgets things
A person who is not very smart
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word dimwit is made from dim, meaning 'not bright', and wit, meaning 'intelligence' or 'a quick mind'. So a dimwit is like someone whose mental 'light' is low, which is why it means a person who is not very smart.