dolt

Meaning

Noun

A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To behave foolishly.
2. To fool; to trick

Synonyms

fool

idiot

blockhead

stupid

dunce

moron

tool

dullard

simpleton

booby

chump

ass

🍑

stupid person

goof

dunderhead

goon

dope

blunderer

jackass

jerk

lamebrain

bungler

clod

lummox

numskull

dummy

pillock

oaf

muddler

mutt

poor fish

pudden-head

pudding head

chucklehead

lame-brain

stupe

bonehead

dimwit

half-wit

ignoramus

block-head

jobbernowl

putz

jolterhead

woodenhead

chuckle-head

pudding-head

doltish person

chowderhead

asshead

Translations

imbécile

sot

ahmak

idiot

balourd

stupido

βλάκας

tonto

Tölpel

ebete

sciocco

Dummkopf

Dummerchen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɒlt/

Etymology

First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull.