nitwit

Meaning

A scatterbrained or stupid person.

Synonyms

fool
A2
idiot
A2
ninny
23k
fathead
39k
dimwit
24k
moron
B2
half-wit
29k
simpleton
25k
doofus
22k
numskull
clod
34k
bonehead
22k
dumbbell
38k
galoot
gawk
47k
goose
B2
🪿
halfwit
39k
imbecile
C2
jackass
C1
klutz
24k
loon
24k
lubber
mooncalf
mug
C1
muggins
nincompoop
32k
nit
36k
noddy
nozzle
25k
oaf
C2
pipe
B2
pipeline
C2
rod
C1
schlep
45k

smoking pipe

stupid
A1
shlep
tube
B2

turkey

twit
20k
wally
C1
goofball
34k

stupid person

addle-head

schlepper
birdbrain
46k

shlepper

blockhead
21k
booby
C2
bozo
C2
Translations

idiot
bobo
simple

ηλίθιος

Schwachkopf
andouille
Röhre
Einfaltspinsel
Rohrleitung
Rohr
Frequency

23k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈnɪtwɪt/
Etymology

First attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from German nit, dialectal form of nichts (“nothing”), or Yiddish ניט (nit), dialectal form of נישט (nisht, “no”), although some dictionaries give the alternative etymology nit (“louse egg; something very small”) + wit.

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