doltish - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | doltish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | blockheaded, brainless, dense, dimwitted, dumb, empty-headed, half-witted, oafish, obtuse, simple, simpleminded, thickheaded, unintelligent, blockish, boneheaded, cloddish, loggerheaded |
| Main Entry: | crass |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coarse, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | asinine, boorish, bovine, churlish, dense, gross, indelicate, inelegant, loutish, lumpish, oafish, obtuse, raw, rough, rude, stupid, uncouth, unrefined, vulgar, witless, Philistine, blundering, doltish, lowbrow |
| Antonyms: | careful, delicate, kind, nice, refined, sensitive, tactful |
| Main Entry: | foolish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonsensical, idiotic |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, crazy, daffy*, daft, dotty*, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded*, half-baked*, half-witted*, harebrained*, ill-advised, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insane, irrational, jerky*, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, moronic, nutty*, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, simple, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, wacky*, weak, witless, zany*, cockamamy, dippy, doltish, ill-considered, imbecilic, kooky, nerdy |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, circumspect, prudent, sensible, serious, thoughtful, wise, unfoolish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loutish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boorish |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, bungling, cantankerous, churlish, clumsy, coarse, dense, gross*, gruff, ill-mannered, impolite, loud, oafish, ornery, rough, rude, rustic, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, bad-mannered, bearish, cloddish, clodhopping, clownish, doltish, ill-bred, swinish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moronic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | asinine, brainless, dense, dopey*, dumb, foolish, half-baked*, idiotic, ill-advised, inane, irresponsible, ludicrous, mindless, nonsensical, pointless, senseless, unintelligent, unthinking, dimwitted, doltish, imbecilic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stolid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | apathetic, stupid |
| Synonyms: | blunt, bovine, dense, dry, dull, dumb, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, lumpish, matter-of-fact, obtuse, passive, phlegmatic, slow, stoic, supine, unemotional, wooden, doltish, unexcitable |
| Antonyms: | aware, intelligent, interested |
| Main Entry: | stupid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not intelligent; irresponsible |
| Synonyms: | brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, dopey*, dull, dumb, dummy*, foolish, futile, gullible, half-baked*, half-witted*, idiotic, ill-advised, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser*, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupefied, thick, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless, doltish, imbecilic, out to lunch, thick-headed |
| Notes: | stupid refers to lack of ability while ignorant refers to lack of knowledge |
| Antonyms: | cognizant, intelligent, responsible, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unintelligent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | brainless, deficient, dense, dumb, empty-headed*, foolish, half-witted*, idiotic, inane, meaningless, mindless, moronic, pointless, senseless, simple, simpleminded, slow, unthinking, witless, doltish, imbecilic, mentally deficient, mentally handicapped, not intelligent, thick-headed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | witless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, crazy, daffy*, dotty*, dumb, feebleminded*, half-baked*, half-witted*, harebrained*, idiotic, ill-advised, irrational, jerky*, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, nutty*, ridiculous, senseless, silly, stupid, unintelligent, unwise, wacky*, zany*, birdbrained, cockamamy, doltish, kooky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unintelligent |
| Synonyms: | addled, backward, besotted, boring, brainless, daffy, daft, dense, dim, dim-witted, dumb, half-baked, ignorant, indolent, insensate, low, moronic, obtuse, scatterbrained, shallow, simple, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupid, tedious, thick, vacuous, wearisome, witless, doltish, feeble-minded, imbecilic, not bright, numskulled, simple-minded, unintellectual |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, keen, sharp, smart, witty |
| Main Entry: | dense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slow, stupid |
| Synonyms: | boorish, dull, dumb, ignorant, impassive, lethargic, oafish, obtuse, phlegmatic, simple, slow-witted, sluggish, stolid, thick, torpid, blockheaded, doltish, fatheaded, imbecilic, numskulled |
| Antonyms: | brainy, clever, intelligent, smart |
| Main Entry: | dumb |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, unintelligent |
| Synonyms: | dense, dim-witted, dull, feebleminded, foolish, moronic, thick*, doltish, simple-minded |
| Antonyms: | bright, intelligent, sharp, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thoughtless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absent-minded, unobservant |
| Synonyms: | bovine, careless, confused, dull, empty-headed, flighty, foolish, heedless, ill-advised, imprudent, inadvertent, inane, inattentive, incomprehensible, inept, injudicious, irrational, loony*, mindless, neglectful, negligent, obtuse, puerile, rash, reckless, regardless, remiss, senseless, silly, stupid, unheeding, unmindful, unreasonable, unthinking, vacuous, witless, doltish, ill-considered, irreflective, lamebrained, undiscerning, unreasoning, unreflective |
| Antonyms: | attentive, mindful, observant, thoughtful, heeding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not very intelligent |
| Synonyms: | boorish, dense, dim-witted, dull, dumb, oafish, obtuse, slow, stupid, thick*, weak-minded, doltish, slow on uptake |
| Antonyms: | bright, intelligent, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | brainless, dense, dim-witted, dopey*, dull, dumb, ignorant, insensitive, moronic, obtuse, slow, slow-witted, thickheaded, blockheaded, boneheaded, doltish, numbskulled |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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