Synonyms of dimwit

dimwit

noun

ˈdim-ˌwit 

as in idiot

a stupid person

you're a dimwit if you think I'll sell my house for that price

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idiot
• moron
• stupid
• dolt
• fool
• imbecile
• loser
• know-nothing
• dullard
• ignoramus
• prat
• dummy
• dunce
• dunderhead
• nitwit
• knucklehead
• simpleton
• airhead
• blockhead
• mutt
• chucklehead
• doofus
• bonehead
• jackass
• lunkhead
• pinhead
• donkey
• numskull
• cretin
• oaf
• ninny
• goon
• loon
• dummkopf
• goof
• dumbhead
• half-wit
• stupe
• nimrod
• nincompoop
• bubblehead
• schnook
• hardhead
• meathead
• schlub
• dum-dum
• jerk
• dork
• dope
• deadhead
• yahoo
• golem
• gander
• fathead
• dumb cluck
• birdbrain
• cluck
• ratbag
• lamebrain
• dodo
• buffoon
• turkey
• clown
• chowderhead
• ninnyhammer
• dip
• clunk
• noddy
• dumbbell
• saphead
• hammerhead
• goose
• noodle
• mome
• nit
• loggerhead
• thickhead
• dim bulb
• lump
• stock
• madman
• loony
• villain
• cuddy
• clodpoll
• clot
• woodenhead
• booby
• skunk
• zany
• yo-yo
• nut
• mug
• snake
• boor
• scatterbrain
• creep
• gawk
• beast
• cad
• stinker
• heel
• cur
• featherbrain
• churl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• genius
• brain
• intellect
• thinker
• sage
• intellectual
• wizard
• whiz
• polymath
• Renaissance man
• sharpie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dimwit

Homer, of course, is perhaps the most lovable dimwit ever created, and his dynamic with Bart — the quick-to-anger suburban dad, the innocently mischievous adolescent son — is pure Americana. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

Or take Doofy Gilmore (Dave Sheridan), a lisping dimwit geek who washes with his own spit. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 June 2026

The question may seem aberrant, something a dimwit or sadistic mother might ask her charge during toilet training, but Americans do regard living writers as both needlessly and necessarily strange. — Literary Hub, 22 Apr. 2026

Michelle is a heartless professional and sees this as a battle between the wits (herself) and the dimwits (her captors). — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025

The movie may be about violent dimwits, but there’s a blue-collar purity to its vision of working-class dudes who have nothing else in their lives, and director Michael Dowse shows such affection for these goons that the feeling is contagious. — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2024

With LaPierre’s encouragement and assistance, tens of thousands of dimwits, drunks, rage-a-holics, paranoids, domestic abusers and everyday incompetents have been armed and sent into America’s streets, ballparks, schools, churches and bars. — Francis Wilkinson, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024

That might be a stretch, but DiCaprio is terrific as the gullible dimwit who falls under his uncle’s spell and helps plot the murders of his Osage wife’s family. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024