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dolt

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɒlt/
  • /dəʊlt/
  • /dɔʊlt/
  • US: /doʊlt/
  • rhymes with -ɒlt
  • rhymes with -əʊlt
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, buffoon, brickhead, Charlie, chucklehead, chowderhead, chump, clart, clown, der-brain, dill pickle, dim bulb, dimwit, dingleberry, dipshit, dipstick, dirtbrain, div, divvo, divvy, dolt, donk, doodle, doofus, dope, dork, dote, dotterel, dullard, dumbass, dumbbell, dumbo, dumb fuck, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fathead, fenderhead, fiddle, fuckwit, fuzznut, geck, gig, gink, goober, gooseberry, gowk, gubbins, gump, half-baked, ha'p'orth, Homer Simpson, ignoramus, imbecile, jamoke, jerk, jerkoff, jolterhead, jolthead, juggins, jughead, knucklehead, lamebrain, mameluke (US (Italian-American), slang), maroon, meathead, mong, moron, mug, muggins, mushhead, nimrod, nincompoop, nit, nitwit, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, numskull, numps, numpty, nupson, oaf, pillock, pinhead, plonker, prat, retard, shit for brains, shithead, shitwit, schmo, schmuck, smooth brain, snapperhead, softhead, sohai, sot, stupid, sucker, thickhead, tonto, tool, tosser, tosspot, tubelight, twat, twerp, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzock, yampy

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To behave foolishly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To fool; to trick

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a person who is not very bright

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The economy, stupid!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stupid, stupid person, stupe, dullard, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: simpleton, simple

Narrower terms: berk, dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead, klutz

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: տխմար (txmar) — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Bulgarian: глупак (glupak) — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Bulgarian: тъпак (tǎpak) — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Catalan: estaferm — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Catalan: estúpid — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Catalan: imbècil — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Czech: blb — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Czech: hňup — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Czech: pitomec — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Faroese: býttlingur — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Faroese: dylhøvd — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Finnish: tollo — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Finnish: tomppeli — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Finnish: typerys — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Finnish: pölkkypää — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • French: imbécile — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • German: Blödmann — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • German: Tölpel — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • German: Trottel — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • German: Dummkopf — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • German: Depp — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Hungarian: tökfilkó — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Hungarian: tökfej — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Hungarian: fajankó — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Irish: amhlán — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Italian: imbecille — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Latin: gurdus — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Latin: blennus — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Latin: fungus — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Plautdietsch: Laups — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Polish: głupek — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Polish: bęcwał — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Portuguese: imbecil — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Russian: болва́н (bolván) — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Sanskrit: मूढ (mūḍha) — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Scottish Gaelic: amadan — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Scottish Gaelic: burraidh — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Scottish Gaelic: bachall — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Spanish: estúpido — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Swedish: idiot — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Swedish: träskalle — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Swedish: dumskalle — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Swedish: dumbom — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوی (toy) — a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard