DIM-WITTED Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word dim-witted. (close relations)
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| simple-minded | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • lacking subtlety and insight • lacking mental capacity and subtlety | ||||||
| brainless | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • not using intelligence | ||||||
| daft | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | ||||||
| dense | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter • hard to pass through because of dense growth • having high relative density or specific gravity • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity • having component parts closely crowded together | ||||||
| doltish | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • heavy and dull and stupid | ||||||
| dumb | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity • temporarily incapable of speaking • lacking the power of human speech • unable to speak because of hereditary deafness | ||||||
| foolish | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • devoid of good sense or judgment adjective satellite • having or revealing stupidity | ||||||
| imbecilic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having a mental age of three to seven years | ||||||
| moronic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having a mental age of between eight and twelve years | ||||||
| naive | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience adjective satellite • of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style • inexperienced • lacking information or instruction • not initiated; deficient in relevant experience | ||||||
| slow | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective • not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time • at a slow tempo • (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time adverb • without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly') • showing a time that is earlier than the actual time adjective satellite • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness • (of business) not active or brisk verb • lose velocity; move more slowly • become slow or slower • cause to proceed more slowly | ||||||
| slow-witted | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • retarded in intellectual development | ||||||
| thick | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions • relatively dense in consistency noun • the location of something surrounded by other things adverb • with a thick consistency • in quick succession adjective satellite • having component parts closely crowded together • spoken as if with a thick tongue • having a short and solid form or stature • hard to pass through because of dense growth • (of darkness) densely dark • (used informally) associated on close terms • (used informally) stupid • abounding; having a lot of | ||||||
| unintelligent | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • lacking intelligence | ||||||
| witless | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (used as complement) to the utmost degree • (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment | ||||||
| simple | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved • (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions noun • any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties • a person lacking intelligence or common sense adjective satellite • easy and not involved or complicated • apart from anything else; without additions or modifications • exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity • lacking mental capacity and subtlety • unornamented | ||||||
