Sense: (pejorative) fool; person with poor judgment or little intelligence
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Synonyms
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- alcatote (obsolete)
- asshat (US, vulgar)
- arsehole (British, vulgar)
- asshole (US, vulgar)
- bayard (archaic)
- berk (British)
- birdbrain
- bobchin (obsolete)
- bonehead
- bozo
- buffoon
- brickhead
- Charlie (British, Australian)
- chucklehead
- chowderhead
- chump
- clart
- clown
- der-brain
- dill pickle (US, dated)
- dim bulb
- dingleberry
- dipshit (vulgar)
- dipstick
- dirtbrain
- div
- divvo
- divvy
- dolt
- donk (Australian)
- doodle (dated)
- doofus
- dope
- dork [⇒ thesaurus]
- dote (obsolete)
- dotterel
- dullard
- dumbass (US, vulgar)
- dumbbell
- dumb fuck (US, vulgar)
- dummy
- dunce
- dunderhead
- dupe [⇒ thesaurus]
- fathead
- fenderhead
- fiddle (obsolete)
- fuckwit (vulgar)
- fuzznut (slang)
- geck (archaic)
- gig (Britain, chiefly school slang, archaic or dialectal)
- gink
- goober (Southern US)
- gooseberry (British)
- gowk
- gubbins
- gump (dated, US)
- ha'p'orth (dated, British)
- Homer Simpson
- ignoramus [⇒ thesaurus]
- imbecile
- jamoke
- jerk [⇒ thesaurus] (US)
- jerkoff (US, vulgar)
- jolterhead
- jolthead
- juggins
- jughead
- knucklehead
- lamebrain
- maroon
- meathead
- mong (British, vulgar)
- moron
- mug (British)
- muggins (British)
- mushhead
- nimrod
- nincompoop (somewhat dated)
- nit
- nitwit
- not the sharpest knife in the drawer
- numskull
- numps (obsolete)
- numpty
- nupson (obsolete)
- oaf
- pillock (British, Irish, Australian, New Zealand)
- pinhead
- plonker (British)
- prat (British)
- retard
- shit for brains (vulgar)
- shithead (vulgar)
- shitwit (vulgar)
- schmo
- schmuck (US)
- snapperhead
- softhead
- sot (dated)
- stupid [⇒ thesaurus]
- sucker
- thickhead
- tonto (chiefly British)
- tool [⇒ thesaurus] (Australian)
- tosser (British, vulgar)
- tosspot
- twat (British, vulgar)
- twerp
- twit
- wally (British)
- wantwit
- wazzock (British, Irish)
- yampy (British)
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