idiot
noun
[ ˈɪdɪət ]
• a stupid person.
Similar:
fool,
halfwit,
nincompoop,
dunce,
dolt,
ignoramus,
cretin,
imbecile,
dullard,
moron,
simpleton,
clod,
dope,
ninny,
chump,
dimwit,
nitwit,
goon,
dumbo,
dummy,
dum-dum,
dumb-bell,
loon,
jackass,
bonehead,
fathead,
numbskull,
blockhead,
dunderhead,
chucklehead,
knucklehead,
muttonhead,
pudding-head,
thickhead,
wooden-head,
airhead,
pinhead,
lamebrain,
pea-brain,
birdbrain,
zombie,
jerk,
nerd,
dipstick,
donkey,
noodle,
nit,
twit,
numpty,
ass,
clot,
plonker,
berk,
prat,
pillock,
wally,
git,
wazzock,
divvy,
nerk,
twerp,
twonk,
charlie,
mug,
muppet,
nyaff,
balloon,
sumph,
gowk,
gobdaw,
schmuck,
bozo,
boob,
lamer,
turkey,
schlepper,
chowderhead,
dumbhead,
dumbass,
goofball,
goof,
goofus,
galoot,
dork,
lummox,
klutz,
putz,
schlemiel,
sap,
gink,
cluck,
clunk,
ding-dong,
dingbat,
wiener,
weeny,
dip,
simp,
spud,
coot,
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a person of low intelligence): via Old French from Latin idiota ‘ignorant person’, from Greek idiōtēs ‘private person, layman, ignorant person’, from idios ‘own, private’.
