Dimwit
Dimwit noun - A stupid person.
Usage example: you're a dimwit if you think I'll sell my house for that price
Simpleton
Simpleton noun - A stupid person.
Usage example: she felt like such a simpleton for needing help to install her home theater
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| complete | complete dimwit | complete simpleton |
| kind-hearted | kind-hearted dimwit | kind-hearted simpleton |
| bumbling | bumbling dimwit | bumbling simpleton |
| muscular | muscular dimwit | muscular simpleton |
| Other adjectives: childish. | ||
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