dopes

Not the sharpest

Dopes is the plural of dope, a word with meanings that cluster around two ideas: stupidity and drugs.

A dope is a stupid person, and dopes are stupid people.

Dope is also a slang term for marijuana or other illegal drugs, so dopes can refer to multiple quantities or types of these substances.

The verb dope means to administer drugs to someone, typically without their knowledge: Someone doped their drinks at the party.

As slang, dope can also mean excellent or cool: Those sneakers are dope.

fools

idiots

Thoroughly foolish people

nitwits · blockheads · dunces · numbskulls · imbeciles · halfwits · dolts · nincompoops · buffoons · clods

naive

suckers

Easily fooled people

  • rubesGullible country folk
  • marksVisible signs or grades
  • patsiesScapegoats or easy victims

dupes · chumps · pushovers · pigeons · gulls · easy targets · fall guys · stooges · greenhorns · innocents

drugs

marijuana

Psychoactive hemp plant

narcotics · pot · grass · hash · illicit substances · contraband · smack · junk · stash · reefer

sedates

tranquilizes

Subdues with calming drugs

knocks out · anesthetizes · numbs · stupefies · dulls · zonks · chloroforms · incapacitates · dazes · zombifies

adulterates

laces

Shoe-closing strings

taints · dilutes · mixes · doctors · tampers · fortifies · spiking · enhances

informants

snitches

Those who betray confidences

tattletales · tipsters · leaks · moles · narcs · sources · canaries · finks · betrayers · turncoats

Categories
Opposites
intelligence/mental capacity

dopesgeniuses

Exceptionally gifted intellects

brains · intellectuals · brainiacs · whizzes · masterminds

awareness/alertness

dopessharp cookies

Intelligent, perceptive people

wise guys · quick studies · nobody's fools

competence/capability

dopesexperts

Highly skilled practitioners

pros · aces · virtuosos · masters · whiz kids

Phrases
Family

dope, dopey, doped, doping, dopiness, dopily, doper, dopiest, dopers

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG