DUNCE


Meaning of DUNCE in English

n. Function: noun

a dull-witted person FF1C; the traditional dunce in pointed cap FF1E;

Synonyms: beetlehead, blockhead, bonehead, boob, booby, ||bufflehead, cabbagehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, clod, clodpate, clodpoll, ||cluck, dimwit, ||dizzard, dodo, ||dodunk, dolt, dolthead, dope, ||doughhead, ||drip, duffer, dullard, dullhead, dumbbell, ||dumb bunny, ||dumb cluck, ||dumbhead, ||dummkopf, dummy, dunderhead, dunderpate, fathead, featherweight, goof, ||goon, hammerhead, idiot, ignoramus, ironhead, knothead, knucklehead, lackwit, lame-brain, lunk, lunkhead, ||moonraker, moron, muddlehead, mug, muggins, mutt, muttonhead, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull, oaf, pinhead, poke, prune, pumpkin head, put, ||schnook, simp, simpleton, ||spoon, squarehead, ||stunpoll, ||stupe, stupid, thickhead, thickskull, turnip, wantwit, woodenhead, zombie

Related Words: lightweight; ass, donkey, fool, imbecile, jackass, jerk, nincompoop, ninny, ||schmo, ||schmuck; birdbrain, featherbrain, scatterbrain

Idioms: dumb ox, Simple Simon

Contrasted Words: brain, highbrow, intellectual, thinker, wit; pundit, sage, savant, scholar, wise man; prodigy, wizard; genius, mastermind

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