idiot
Complete and utter numbskull
An idiot is a stupid person or someone who has done something foolish: I felt like an idiot when I realized my mistake.
The word once designated a person with severe intellectual disability, but that clinical sense is now obsolete and offensive.
Current usage is purely insulting or self-deprecating: What kind of idiot leaves their car unlocked?
Ludicrous, clumsy fool
- dunceSlow-witted person
- simpletonUnintelligent person
- moronWitless, dense person
- dimwitFoolish, slow person
dolt · nitwit · blockhead · bonehead · numskull · airhead · nincompoop · jackass
buffoon
Ludicrous, clumsy fool
dimwit · dolt · nitwit · blockhead · bonehead · numskull · airhead · nincompoop · jackass · lamebrain
klutz
Awkward, graceless person
- butterfingersClumsy dropper of things
- bunglerInept person
- fumblerOne who mishandles objects
oaf · blunderer · clod · bumbler · lummox · galoot · schlub · schlemiel
fool
Unwise, gullible person
sap · chump · rube · mark · greenhorn · pushover · gull · pigeon · stooge · easy mark
idiotgenius
Person of rare brilliance
brain · intellect · intellectual · prodigy · polymath
idiotsage
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
wise man · wise woman · oracle · savant · philosopher
- village idiotSettlement's designated simpleton
- idiot boxDismissive term for television
- like an idiot
- fucking idiot
- useful idiotUnwitting propaganda spreader
- idiot boxesSlang for televisions
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