Egghead and Simpleton

Opposite meaning words

Egghead noun - A person with strong intellectual interests.

Usage example: the unlikely marriage between a literary egghead and a Hollywood sex symbol

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Simpleton is an antonym for egghead.

Simpleton noun - A stupid person.

Usage example: she felt like such a simpleton for needing help to install her home theater

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Egghead is an antonym for simpleton.

insufferable egghead

insufferable simpleton

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Simpleton and Egghead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/egghead/simpleton

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