simpletons
Not bright people
Simpletons is the plural of simpleton, a person regarded as lacking intelligence or common sense.
The word carries a tone of condescension or dismissal, implying the person is not just uninformed but fundamentally slow-witted.
The con artist preyed on simpletons who believed his outlandish promises.
Unlike words like fool or idiot, simpleton has an old-fashioned quality that makes it sound almost quaint, though still insulting.
Foolish, unintelligent people
- doltsSlow-witted people
- dullardsSlow-witted individuals
- blockheadsStupid or obstinate people
- nitwitsFoolish, silly people
halfwits · numbskulls · thickheads · dunderheads · morons · imbeciles · idiots · ignoramuses
Idiots or deceives
- duncesSlow-witted people
- innocentsBlameless individuals
- rubesGullible country folk
- naifsGuileless, unworldly people
greenhorns · bumpkins · yokels · hayseeds · gulls · dupes · marks · suckers
Settlement's resident simpletons
- jestersProfessional court fools
- naturalsThose innately skilled
- holy foolsSpiritually enlightened through feigned madness
- CandideNaively optimistic person
Forrest Gump · Don Quixote · Sancho Panza · comic relief · buffoons · clowns · zanies · stooges
Gullible country folk
- hicksUnsophisticated country people
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
- provincialsPeople from outlying areas
- philistinesUncultured, materialistic people
lowbrows · commoners · plebeians · masses · rabble · riffraff · unwashed · groundlings
dimwits
Foolish, unintelligent people
- doltsSlow-witted people
- dullardsSlow-witted individuals
- blockheadsStupid or obstinate people
nitwits · halfwits · numbskulls · thickheads · dunderheads · morons · imbeciles · idiots · ignoramuses · dunces
fools
Idiots or deceives
naifs · greenhorns · bumpkins · yokels · hayseeds · gulls · dupes · marks · suckers · patsies
village idiots
Settlement's resident simpletons
- jestersProfessional court fools
- naturalsThose innately skilled
- holy foolsSpiritually enlightened through feigned madness
Forrest Gump · Candide · Don Quixote · Sancho Panza · comic relief · buffoons · clowns · zanies · stooges · fall guys
rubes
Gullible country folk
- hicksUnsophisticated country people
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
- provincialsPeople from outlying areas
philistines · lowbrows · commoners · plebeians · masses · rabble · riffraff · unwashed · groundlings · yokels
simpletonsgeniuses
Exceptionally gifted intellects
intellectuals · masterminds · savants · prodigies · brainiacs
simpletonssophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
cosmopolitans · men of the world · women of the world · cognoscenti · connoisseurs
simpletonsscholars
Experts in a field
savants · intellectuals · academics · men of letters · sages