dolts

Not the brightest

Dolts is the plural of dolt—a slow-witted or stupid person.

The word carries a tone of exasperated dismissal rather than clinical diagnosis: Those dolts in accounting lost my paperwork again.

It's milder than stronger insults but still contemptuous.

stupidity

fools

Idiots or deceives

dunces · nitwits · halfwits · numbskulls · simpletons · morons · imbeciles · dullards · ignoramuses · buffoons

insult

jerk

Abrupt pulling motion

  • dummyLifelike substitute figure
  • loserDefeated competitor
  • airheadFoolish, flighty person

birdbrain · lamebrain · scatterbrain · twit · doofus · goofball · ninny · dingbat · fathead · muttonhead

comedic

stooges

Unquestioning subordinates or assistants

goofs · clueless · hapless · bungling · inept · slapstick · pratfall · blunderer · fumbler · goof-up

Categories
Opposites
intelligence/mental capacity

doltsgeniuses

Exceptionally gifted intellects

intellectuals · savants · prodigies · brainiacs · masterminds

competence/capability

doltsexperts

Highly skilled practitioners

virtuosos · quick studies · sharp minds · wizards · mavens

Family

dolt

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G