slow-wittedness
Lacking quick comprehension
Slow-wittedness is the quality of being slow to understand or mentally sluggish.
The term suggests someone who takes longer than usual to grasp ideas or catch on to humor: His slow-wittedness made him the last to get the joke.
It implies a permanent trait rather than momentary confusion.
Slowness to understand
- dullnessLack of stimulation
- densenessCrowded or stupid quality
- dimnessInsufficient illumination
- thicknessDepth of material
stupidity · unintelligence · brainlessness · vacuity · mindlessness · incomprehension · befuddlement · confusion
Failure to notice things
- imperceptivenessFailure to discern subtleties
- insensibilityLack of physical sensation
- obliviousnessLack of awareness
- unawarenessState of not knowing
blindness · dullness · bluntness · unresponsiveness · incomprehension · denseness · cluelessness · obtuseness
Slow-witted person
- dullardSlow-witted person
- doltStupid person
- simpletonUnintelligent person
- blockheadStupid, foolish person
bonehead · dimwit · nitwit · numskull · halfwit · ignoramus · fool · clod
State of slow movement
- tardinessState of being late
- lagPeriod of falling behind
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
pokiness · lethargy · torpor · languor · deliberateness · unhurriedness · gradualness · dawdling
obtuseness
Slowness to understand
thickness · stupidity · unintelligence · brainlessness · vacuity · mindlessness · incomprehension · befuddlement · confusion · muddledness
unperceptiveness
Failure to notice things
- imperceptivenessFailure to discern subtleties
- insensibilityLack of physical sensation
- obliviousnessLack of awareness
unawareness · blindness · dullness · bluntness · unresponsiveness · incomprehension · denseness · cluelessness · obtuseness
dunce
Slow-witted person
blockhead · bonehead · dimwit · nitwit · numskull · halfwit · ignoramus · fool · clod · oaf
sluggishness
State of slow movement
- tardinessState of being late
- lagPeriod of falling behind
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
plodding · pokiness · lethargy · torpor · languor · deliberateness · unhurriedness · gradualness · dawdling · lagging
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
slow-wittednesssharpness
Keenness of edge, mind, or image
acuity · keenness · shrewdness · astuteness · incisiveness
slow-wittednesscleverness
Mental quickness and skill
wit · brilliance · intelligence · ingenuity · brightness
slow, witty, slowness, witless, witticism, quick-witted, unwitting, unwittingly, slow-witted