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Stupid

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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Anserine 84% connected

Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.

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Anserine 84% connected

Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.

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Asinine 84% connected

Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy.

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Asinine 84% connected

Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy.

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Blockheaded 84% connected

Stupid; dull.

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Blockheaded 84% connected

Stupid; dull.

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Brainless 84% connected

Without understanding; silly; thoughtless; witless.

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Brainless 84% connected

Without understanding; silly; thoughtless; witless.

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Cloddish 84% connected

Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish.

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Cloddish 84% connected

Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish.

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Confused 84% connected

of Confuse

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Confused 84% connected

of Confuse

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Dense 84% connected

Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense c…

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Dense 84% connected

Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense c…

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Dim 84% connected

Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.

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Dim 84% connected

Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.

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Doltish 84% connected

Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown.

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Doltish 84% connected

Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown.

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Dull 84% connected

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Dull 84% connected

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Dumb 84% connected

Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.

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Dumb 84% connected

Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.

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Duncical 84% connected

Like a dunce; duncish.

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Duncical 84% connected

Like a dunce; duncish.

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Duncish 84% connected

Somewhat like a dunce.

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Duncish 84% connected

Somewhat like a dunce.

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Fatuous 84% connected

Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous.

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Fatuous 84% connected

Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous.

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Foolish 84% connected

Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

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Foolish 84% connected

Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

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Headless 84% connected

Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.

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Headless 84% connected

Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.

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Inane 84% connected

Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless.

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Inane 84% connected

Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless.

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Jerky 84% connected

Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.

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Jerky 84% connected

Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.

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Loggerheaded 84% connected

Dull; stupid.

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Loggerheaded 84% connected

Dull; stupid.

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Lumpish 84% connected

Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless.

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Lumpish 84% connected

Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless.

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Obtuse 84% connected

Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

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Obtuse 84% connected

Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

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Senseless 84% connected

Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable.

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Senseless 84% connected

Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable.

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Slow 84% connected

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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Slow 84% connected

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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Thick 84% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Thick 84% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Thick-skulled 84% connected

Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.

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Thick-skulled 84% connected

Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.

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Unthinking 84% connected

Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as, unthinking youth.

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Unthinking 84% connected

Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as, unthinking youth.

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Weak 84% connected

Wanting physical strength.

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Weak 84% connected

Wanting physical strength.

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Witless 84% connected

Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment.

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Witless 84% connected

Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment.

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Blockhead 76% connected

A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.

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Dunce 76% connected

One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

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Dunderhead 76% connected

A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead.

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Hammerhead 76% connected

A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zy…

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klutz 76% connected

A person who is clumsy or accident-prone

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Loggerhead 76% connected

A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.

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Numskull 76% connected

A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.

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Broader term 2

Simple 76% connected

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

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Simpleton 76% connected

A person of weak intellect; a silly person.

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Stupidity 74% connected

The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

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Stupidity 74% connected

The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

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Attribute 2

Intelligence 66% connected

The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

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Intelligence 66% connected

The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

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Dazed 92% connected

of Daze

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Dolt 92% connected

A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.

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Dullard 92% connected

A stupid person; a dunce.

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Stunned 92% connected

of Stun

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Stupe 92% connected

Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.

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Stupefied 92% connected

Having been made stupid.

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Antonym 4

Intelligent 94% connected

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

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Intelligent 94% connected

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

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Smart 94% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Smart 94% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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