dim-wittedness
Lack of intelligence
Dim-wittedness is the quality of being slow to understand or lacking mental sharpness.
The term suggests someone whose mental light burns low—not quite bright enough to grasp what others find obvious.
His dim-wittedness made even simple instructions a challenge.
Lacking good sense
- dumbWitless or mute
- brainlessDevoid of intelligence
- idioticExtremely lacking intelligence
- moronicExtremely foolish or senseless
imbecilic · doltish · simpleton · blockhead · numbskull · bonehead · dunce · dimwit
Lacking in speed
- obtuseLacking mental sharpness
- denseClosely packed together
- thickHaving great depth
- sluggishSlow and inactive
plodding · dullard · laggard · thick-skulled · leaden · lumbering · ponderous · unhurried
Lacking knowledge of something
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
unschooled · illiterate · unenlightened · unknowing · unfamiliar · benighted · uninitiated · untutored
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- impressionableEasily influenced or affected
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
ingenuous · simple · trusting · unsuspecting · exploitable · suggestible · unquestioning · duped
Empty of content
- blankWithout marks or content
- empty-headedLacking sense or intelligence
- airheadedFrivolously lacking sense
- mindlessLacking thought or awareness
thoughtless · inane · shallow · superficial · hollow · void · absent · unfocused
foolish
Lacking good sense
moronic · imbecilic · doltish · simpleton · blockhead · numbskull · bonehead · dunce · dimwit · halfwit
slow
Lacking in speed
sluggish · plodding · dullard · laggard · thick-skulled · leaden · lumbering · ponderous · unhurried · delayed
unaware
Lacking knowledge of something
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- obliviousLacking any awareness
uneducated · unschooled · illiterate · unenlightened · unknowing · unfamiliar · benighted · uninitiated · untutored · unversed
gullible
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- impressionableEasily influenced or affected
unworldly · ingenuous · simple · trusting · unsuspecting · exploitable · suggestible · unquestioning · duped · deceived
vacuous
Empty of content
- blankWithout marks or content
- empty-headedLacking sense or intelligence
- airheadedFrivolously lacking sense
mindless · thoughtless · inane · shallow · superficial · hollow · void · absent · unfocused · glazed
dim-wittednessbrilliance
Exceptional intelligence or luster
intelligence · genius · cleverness · brightness · smartness
dim-wittednessquick-wittedness
Mental speed and cleverness
mental sharpness · keenness · acuity · alertness · perceptiveness
dimness, dimmer, dimmest, wits, witted, witty, wittily, wittiness, wittier