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BootinUp

(47,154 posts)
Mon May 2, 2016, 03:12 PM May 2016

Synonyms for idiot

Just something to pass the time...

noun, a very stupid person

fool
jerk
moron
nitwit
stupid
twit

blockhead
bonehead
cretin
dimwit
dork
dumbbell

dunce
ignoramus
imbecile
kook
muttonhead
nincompoop

ninny
pinhead
simpleton
tomfool
out to lunch



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Synonyms for idiot (Original Post) BootinUp May 2016 OP
Are the BSers about to do something I don't know about? rock May 2016 #1
muttonhead.. lol oh, there's no Cha May 2016 #2
"Dolt" comes to mind. Koinos May 2016 #3
fatuous Her Sister May 2016 #4
http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatuous Her Sister May 2016 #5
I think Bugs would use the word Maroon iandhr May 2016 #6
Bugs Bunny: "What a maroon" BootinUp May 2016 #7
Berniebro? LW1977 May 2016 #8
You're gonna get my wittle thread hidden. BootinUp May 2016 #9
Tempting, but I'll resist! George II May 2016 #10
How about this one? George II May 2016 #11
A classic. lol. BootinUp May 2016 #12
Meathead Treant May 2016 #13
idjit Her Sister May 2016 #14
peabrain BootinUp May 2016 #15
thistlehead BootinUp May 2016 #16
Thou shall not have arguments that reveal themselves to be infected by thus: Haveadream May 2016 #17
ew! haha!!!! Her Sister May 2016 #18

Cha

(297,251 posts)
2. muttonhead.. lol oh, there's no
Mon May 2, 2016, 03:19 PM
May 2016

knucklehead on there.. I remember trumad got a hide once for saying "knucklehead".. bad trumad!

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
4. fatuous
Mon May 2, 2016, 03:36 PM
May 2016

1. not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily <the fatuous questions that the audience members asked after the lecture suggested to the oceanographer that they had understood little>
Synonyms airheaded, birdbrained, bonehead, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, stupid, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-witted, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless
Related Words cretinous, feebleminded, simpleminded; boobish, foolish, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic; ignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninformed, unintellectual, untaught, unthinking; absurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, insane, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, silly, tomfool, unwise, wacky (also whacky), zany; fallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, unreasonable

2. showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment <ignoring the avalanche warnings, the fatuous skiers continued on their course>
Synonyms absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, bubbleheaded, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, foolish, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, half-witted, inept, insane, jerky, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, lunkheaded, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, simpleminded, stupid, tomfool, unwise, wacky (also whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany
Related Words airheaded, birdbrained, boobish, brain-dead, chowderheaded, chuckleheaded, clueless, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, foolish, feebleminded, gormless [chiefly British], idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), mindless, moronic, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, thoughtless, thick, thickheaded, unintelligent, vacuous, witless; fallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, nonrational, surd, unreasonable, unreasoning, unsound, weak; farcical, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous; notional; buffoonish, clownish; ill-advised, unconsidered, unreasoned

Treant

(1,968 posts)
13. Meathead
Mon May 2, 2016, 04:16 PM
May 2016

a la Archie Bunker. Muttonhead is close, but a bit too specific. Really, any animal-based protein will do.

Haveadream

(1,630 posts)
17. Thou shall not have arguments that reveal themselves to be infected by thus:
Mon May 2, 2016, 04:31 PM
May 2016

Pribbling, qualling, mewling, elf-skinned, milk livered wagtails nor gorbellied, dog hearted, beef-witted, toad spotted, canker blossomed flap dragons!



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