nitwit
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈnɪtˌwɪt/
- Offensive
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- You learned a new language, you got yourself an education and a nitwit husband and you are holding that family together.
- call someone a nitwit
- a bunch of nitwits
- No, you nitwit
Give it back to these nitwits on Sand Hill Rd.
- Give it back to these nitwits on Sand Hill Rd.
- And a lot of them think the Fed is a bunch of bank protecting nitwits and they're hostile.
Examples
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It's not for you, nitwit.
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I was nowhere near any convenience store, you nitwit!
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Oh, it's you! Looking for a nitwit to buy your lunch?!
Fiction book (1994) -
Why on earth would they want a nitwit to be president?
Fiction book (1994) -
I hope my nitwit nephew was learning a thing or two from you.
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World, please look at the nitwit who still believes inflation is merely rising prices.
Blog text (25) -
My mother wouldn't come to the table before my nitwit sister called from California.
Fiction book (1996) -
You couldn't do any worse than my nitwit nephew.
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Every time I think I can't be surprised by these nitwits, they surprise me.
Blog text (5) -
She called him a nitwit for forgetting their anniversary.
Synonyms
115
6.0
A person who is seen as stupid or makes simple mistakes
43
8.0
A person who acts silly or seems not very smart
42
8.1
A person who behaves in a foolish way
34
9.9
A rude word for a very foolish person
30
1.1
A person who is not very smart and often makes bad choices
30
8.5
A person who acts silly and annoys other people
15
8.9
A rude word for a person who seems very stupid
14
8.4
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
14
7.7
A person who is not very smart
13
8.4
A person who acts in a very silly way
13
8.8
A person who is silly and not very smart
12
8.3
A person who does not know much
8
6.8
A person who is not very smart and often acts without thinking
5
9.2
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
4
8.9
A person who is very stupid
3
9.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
3
9.3
A person who is not very smart
3
8.4
A rude word for someone who is not smart
2
8.7
A person who is not very smart
2
9.9
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
1
8.7
A person who is silly and not very bright
1
2.7
A person who is not intelligent and often makes poor choices
1
9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
1
9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly, playful way
1
9.9
A person who is not very intelligent
1
9.1
A playful insult for a person who acts silly
1
9.9
A person who is silly and not very clever
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
A person who behaves in a silly way
A person who behaves in a silly way
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A person who is not very clever and sometimes pretends to be smart
A rude, stupid person who annoys others
A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes
A very foolish person who is bad at doing things
A foolish or silly person said as an insult
A person who is not very smart
A foolish person who does silly things
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nitwit is a playful mix of nit and wit. Wit means 'intelligence' and nit is a tiny louse egg or a very small thing, so a nitwit is like someone with only a 'tiny bit' of wit and is therefore a silly or foolish person.