| airhead | an idiot. |
| ament | a simpleton; one with arrested mental development. |
| asinico | a stupid fellow. Pl. ASINICOS. |
| auf | a foolish person; an oaf. |
| bampot barmpot | an idiot, fool. |
| beetlebrain beetlehead | a stupid fellow; a blockhead. |
| berk burk | a fool. |
| bimbo | an attractive but dim young woman. Pl. BIMBOS or BIMBOES. |
| birdbrain | one of very limited intelligence. |
| blert | a foolish person. |
| blockhead | a stupid person. |
| blockishly | in a BLOCKISH money |
| bonehead | a stupid person. |
| boob | a stupid person. |
| boofhead | a stupid person. |
| bozo | a man esp. a dim-witted one. |
| bubblehead | a flighty, frivolous woman. |
| bufflehead | one who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. |
| bumpkin | a fool, a simpleton. |
| butthead | a stupid person. |
| capocchia chipochia | a simpleton. |
| changeling | a halfwitted person; one left by the fairies. |
| charley charlie | a simple, credulous person. |
| chowderhead | a foolish person. |
| chucklehead | a foolish person. |
| chump | a foolish person; (verb) to munch. |
| clarthead | a slow-witted person. |
| clodpate | a combination of a clod and a blockhead. |
| clodpole clodpoll clotpoll | a simpleton. |
| clot | a foolish person; (verb) of blood, to congeal. |
| cokes | a simpleton. Pl. COKESES. |
| coof cuif | a fool, a lout. |
| cretin | a person afflicted with cretinism; a fool. |
| cuckoo | a foolish person. |
| cuddie cuddy | (Scots) a fool; a donkey. |
| daftie | a simpleton. N.B. not DAFTY*. |
| daw | (arch.) a simpleton; a jackdaw. |
| dawbake | a slow-witted person. |
| dawcock | (arch.) a simpleton; a cock jackdaw. |
| dickhead | a foolish person. |
| dill | (Aust.) a fool. |
| dimwit | a person of low intelligence. |
| dingbat | a fool. |
| dipshit dipstick | a stupid person. |
| ditsy ditzy | foolish |
| ditz | a silly person. |
| divvy | stupid > DIVVIER, DIVVIEST. |
| dizzard | a blockhead. |
| doddipoll doddypoll dottipoll | a blockhead. |
| dodo | a stupid person; an extinct bird of Madagascar > DODOS or DODOES. |
| dolt | a heavy, stupid fellow. |
| doofus dufus | a fool. |
| dope | a foolish person. |
| dopy dopey | simple-minded. |
| dopiness dopeyness | the state of being DOPY or DOPEY. |
| dorb dorba | a stupid or inept person. Also DORB. |
| dork | an idiot |
| dorkiness | the state of being DORKY > DORKINESSES. |
| dorkish | idiotic, contemptible. |
| dorky | idiotic, contemptible > DORKIER, DORKIEST. |
| drongo | an idiot. Pl. DRONGOS or DRONGOES. |
| dubbo | a stupid person > DUBBOS. |
| dufus | see DOOFUS. |
| dullard | a slow-witted person. |
| dumbbell | a stupid person. |
| dumbhead | a fool. |
| dumbo | a dimwit. Pl. DUMBOS. |
| dumbshit | a stupid person. |
| dummelhead | a stupid person. |
| dummkopf | a stupid person. |
| dummy | a stupid person. |
| dunce | a person regarded as stupid. [From John Duns Scotus, whose writings and philosophy were ridiculed in the 16th century]. |
| dunderhead dunderpate | a dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. |
| dweeb | a fool, a nerd. |
| dweebish | like a DWEEB, a fool, a nerd. |
| dweeby | like a DWEEB > DWEEBIER, DWEEBIEST. |
| eejit | an idiot. |
| fathead | a stupid person. |
| featherhead | an empty-headed person. |
| fuckhead fuckwit | a very stupid person. |
| gaby | a simpleton. |
| galah | a kind of Australian cockatoo; a loud foolish person. |
| galoot | a clumsy or inept person. |
| gander | a simpleton; the male of the goose. |
| gaupus gawpus | a silly person. |
| git | a stupid person. |
| glaiketness | the state of being GLAIKET. |
| gomeral gomerel gomeril | a simpleton. |
| goof goofball | a stupid person. |
| goofy | foolish > GOOFIER, GOOFIEST. |
| goon | a simpleton; a violent thug. |
| goop | a fool, a fatuous person. |
| goopy | foolish, fatuous. |
| goose goosey | a simpleton. |
| goosiness | the state of being GOOSY, simple-minded. |
| goosy | a simpleton. (Adj.) like a goose > GOOSIER, GOOSIEST. |
| gouk gowk | a cuckoo; a fool, an April fool. |
| gubbins | a simpleton; a gadget. Pl. GUBBINSES. |
| gull | a dupe or fool; (verb) to deceive. |
| gump | a complete nitwit; (verb) to catch fish with the bare hands, to GUDDLE. |
| gunsel | (US slang) a stupid youth; a gunman. [Yiddish genzel, dim. of goose]. |
| halfwit | a simpleton. |
| halfwitted | feeble-minded. |
| hardhead | a blockhead. |
| haverel | a foolish person. |
| hawbuck | a bumpkin. |
| hick | a person from the country, a yokel. |
| hickish | like a HICK, rustic. |
| himbo | a male BIMBO. Pl. HIMBOS. |
| hobbish | clownish. |
| humdrum | a stupid fellow; monotony. |
| idiot | |
| ignoramus | an ignorant person. |
| imbecile | |
| imbecilely | in an IMBECILE fashion. |
| imbecilically | in an IMBECILIC fashion |
| innocent | a simple-minded, easily deceived person. |
| jackass | a male ass or donkey; a stupid person. |
| jerk | a useless or stupid person. |
| jobernowl | a stupid head; a stupid person. |
| jolthead jolterhead | a clumsy oaf; a blockhead. |
| juggins | a simpleton. |
| jughead | an idiot, a fool. |
| klutz | a n idiot; an awkward, stupid person. |
| knobhead | a stupid person. |
| knucklehead | a chump. |
| lamebrain | an unintelligent person. |
| loggerhead | a blockhead; a dunce. |
| dummkopf | a stupid person. |
| loon | a simple person. |
| lug | a stupid or clumsy man; (verb) to drag something heavy. |
| lummox | a stupid, clumsy person. |
| lunk lunkhead | a stupid person. |
| mafflin maffling | a simpleton. |
| mampara | a foolish person, an idiot. |
| meatball | a dull-witted person. |
| meathead | a stupid person. |
| mome | a stupid person. |
| mopoke | a dull-witted person; a kind of Australian bird. |
| mooncalf | a simpleton, a blockhead. Pl. MOONCALVES. |
| moony | (noun) a noodle.; (adj.) moonlit; dreamy > MOONIER, MOONIEST. |
| moron | |
| mug muggins | a fool, a sucker, especially used facetiously to refer to oneself as such. |
| muppet | a stupid person. |
| mutt | a stupid, clumsy person. |
| muttonhead | a heavy, stupid person. |
| nana | an idiot, a fool. |
| neddy | a donkey, a fool |
| nerk | fool, idiot. |
| nickumpoop nicompoop nincompoop | a fool; a silly or stupid person. |
| nidget | (arch.) a fool; a coward. |
| nincom nincum | a nincompoop. |
| ninny | a foolish person. |
| ninnyhammer | a ninny, a foolish person. |
| nitwit | |
| noddy | a dolt. |
| nong | a fool, an idiot. |
| nonny | a silly fellow; a ninny. |
| noodle | a stupid person. |
| nit | a stupid person. |
| numpty | an idiot. |
| numskull numbskull | a stupid person. |
| oaf | a foolish person; a lout > OAFS or OAVES. |
| oanshagh | a foolish woman or girl. |
| omadhaun | a fool, idiot, simpleton. [Irish amadan]. |
| oxhead | literally, the head of an ox (an emblem of cuckoldom); hence, a dolt; a blockhead. |
| palooka | a stupid or clumsy person, esp. in sports. |
| pillock | an idiot, a twit. |
| pinhead | the head of a pin; a stupid person. |
| plonker | a simpleton. |
| poop | a NINCOMPOOP. |
| pothead | a stupid person. |
| prat | an idiot. |
| putz | (N. Amer. inf.) a stupid person; the penis. |
| retardate | a mentally retarded person. |
| rube | a bumpkin, an easy mark. |
| sap saphead | a weak-minded, stupid fellow. |
| sawney | a fool, a simpleton. |
| schlemiel schlemihl shlemiel shlemiehl | an unlucky or incompetent person who is often duped. |
| schmo schmoe shmo | a stupid person. Pl. SCHMOS, SCHMOES, SHMOS, SHMOES. |
| schmock shmock | a stupid or boring person. |
| shmuck | a pitiful, stupid or obnoxious person. Also SCHMUCK. |
| simp | a simpleton. |
| simpleton | a feeble-minded person. |
| slabberer | one who slabbers, or drools; hence, an idiot. |
| softhead | a simpleton. |
| spaz | a clumsy, foolish person. Pl. SPAZZES. |
| spoony spooney | a foolishly fond person. |
| staumrel | a dolt. |
| stockish | like a stock; stupid; blockish. |
| stockishly | in a STOCKISH manner. |
| stupid | a stupid person. |
| sumph | a dunce, a blockhead. |
| taupie tawpie | a foolish or awkward young person. |
| thickhead | a thick-headed or stupid person. |
| thickie | a stupid person. |
| thicko | a stupid person. Pl. THICKOES. |
| thimblewit | a silly or dimwitted person; a dunce. |
| tomfool | a very foolish person; (verb) to play the fool. |
| tony | 1. (obs.) a simpleton; 2. (adj.) high-toned > TONIER, TONIEST. |
| tumphy | a blockhead; also, a kind of coaly fireclay. |
| turnip | a foolish person, a DUNDERHEAD. |
| twerp twirp | a foolish person. |
| twerpy | like a TWERP, a foolish person > TWERPIER, TWERPIEST. Also TWIRPY. |
| twirpy | like a TWIRP, a foolish person > TWIRPIER, TWIRPIEST. Also TWERPY. |
| twit | a stupid person; (verb) to upbraid. |
| twp | dim-witted, stupid. |
| wallie wally | an idiot or imbecile; (Scots) fine, excellent > WALLIER, WALLIEST. |
| wazzock | a stupid person. |
| wigeon widgeon | (arch.) a fool; now a kind of duck. |
| witling | one with little wit; a pretender to wit. |
| wof | a fool, idiot. |
| wommit | a foolish person. |
| woodenhead | a blockhead, a stupid person. |
| yampy | a foolish person. |
| yokel | a country bumpkin. |
| zombi zombie | a stupid person; an animated corpse. |
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