idiot

Meaning

Noun

1. A person of low general intelligence.
2. A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
3. (obsolete) A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.

Adj

idiotic, stupid

Synonyms

fool

stupid

moron

dolt

imbecile

simpleton

dunce

stupid person

tool

blockhead

dummy

cretin

jerk

half-wit

dumb

ass

🍑

lunatic

silly

nitwit

foolish

crazy

clod

dope

idiocy

retard

demented

dimwit

insane person

changeling

oaf

asshole

madman

bonehead

nut

booby

bufoon

dullard

idiotic

fathead

mooncalf

clot

stupidity

ninny

doltish person

dunderhead

annoying person

undiscriminating

unintelligent

wanker

wasteful

berk

dull-minded

plonker

putz

contemptible person

touched in the head

space case

trivial matter

bird-brain

useless person

block head

stupid fellow

feeb

solid brick

bastard

beetle

🪲

birdbrain

bludgeon

bozo

brainless

bungler

chump

club

cudgel

dickhead

donkey

🫏

dork

dull-witted

dupe

eejit

feeble-minded

folly

gavel

halfwit

ignoramus

insane

jackass

legs

mallet

maniac

maul

mediocrity

mentally handicapped person

nincompoop

nit

numbskull

numskull

out of it

pillock

poop

💩

prat

sap

senseless

shillalah

shillelagh

simple

stooge

turkey

twit

Hyphenated as

i‧di‧ot

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪdiət/

Etymology

From Middle English idiote, ydiote, from Old French idiote (later idiot), from Latin idiota, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”). Doublet of idiota.